PEARSE v. UNITED STATES

No. 4784.

59 F.2d 518 (1932)

PEARSE v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

June 1, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Lynch, of Newark, N. J., for appellant.

Phillip Forman, U. S. Atty., of Trenton, N. J., and Samuel Cohen, of Newark, N. J., for the United States.

Before BUFFINGTON, WOOLLEY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

The District Court adjudged Frederic M. P. Pearse, an attorney, in contempt of court. Mr. Pearse, seemingly undisturbed by the penalty imposed but moved by the gravity of the finding, promptly took and has vigorously pressed this appeal.

It is an odd case. Singularly enough, it is one in which no offense was observed by the judge and no feeling shown until days after the trial when, on handing down the opinion, feeling flamed high....

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