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IN KE CARY. 633 �the course of justice is a contempt; as participating in a rescue,(/f) or an attempt by a master to remove liis slave beyond the jurisdiction o£ the court petiding a petition for bis freedom,(Z) or disobedience to an injunction; and every meinber of a corporation wlio joins is liable.(»i) So noii-compliance with the ternis of a master's sale is a contereipt.(n) So tlireatening the prosecutor of aiiother with danger to his life is a contempt.(o) Using any means to prevent a witness from attending is a contempt;(f)) or for a witness or by- stander to communicate with the grand jury touching a complalnt before them;{(f) or procuring worthless bail and suborning perjury in connection ;(r) or taking papers from the files of court and refusing to return them after order made ;(s) or for a party, when bocks are submitted to his inspection, to break open parts sealed up and not relating to the subject of the action.(t) �A contempt may becommitted by publication, by impugning the honestyor impartiality of the judge, or exciting public prejndiee.(it) So any public dis- cussion which interferes with the course of justice is a contempt ;(«) as a pub- lished article tending to degrade and scandalize the court, overawe its delib- eration, and extort a decision ;(w) as an attomey publishing strictures on the opinion of the court in order to prejudice the cause.(a!) Libellons publications relative to court proceedings, if calculated to embarrass the administration of justice ;(j/) as speaking disrespectfully of a grand jury, or publishing defama- tory notices coneerning them;(2) or publishing any matter tending to preju- dice the minds of the jury ;(«) or writing a letter to the grand jury to asperse their motives ;(6) or to infinence them ;(c) or to write a letter to a judge, contain- ing insnlting language, coneerning his decision ;(d) or sending a flctitious let- ter, signed "summoning bailiff," to special jurors, falsely stating that the trial was put off, is a contempt of court.(e) — [Ed. �(fc) State V. Bergen, 1 Dntch. 209. (w) People t. Wilson, 64 III. 195. See Holllngs- �(J) Richard y. Van Meter, 3 Cranch, C. C. 214. worth v. Duane, Wall. Sr. 77 ; Reg, Y. Onslow, �lee Thornton v. Davis, 4 M. BOO. 12 Cnx, C. C. 358. �(m) Davis V. May or of N. Y . 1 Duer, 457 ; People (s) Matter of Darby, 3 Wheel. CCI; Beg. v. �V. Compton, ld.512. Wilkinson, 41 Up. Can. Q. B. 42; Higginson's �(n)Ha)g V. Commissioner, 1 Desauss. 112; Cnse, 2 Atk. 469. �Brasher v. Cortlandt, 2 Jolins. Ch. 506. (;/) Stiite v. Morrill, 16 Ark. 384; Stuart v. Peo- �(o) Rex v. Hill, 2 Bl. 1110. pie. 4 ni. 40S. �(p) Corn. V. Feely, 2 Va. Cas. 1. (z) Van Hook's Case, 3 City Hall Reg. 64 ; �(j) Bergh'8 Case, 10 Abb. Pr. (N. S.) 266. Matter ol Spooner, 5 City Hall Reg. 109. See �(r) In re Hirst, 9 Phila. 216 ; Holl v. L'Eplnttl. Storey v. People, 79 111. 45. �mer, 49 How. Pr. SOC. (a) Matter of Staroc, 48 N. H. 428; 8 Ark. �(«) Barker v. Wilford, Kirby, 235. 409; Ex parte Jones, 13 Ves. Jr. 237. �(t) Dias V. Merle, 2 Paige, 494. (i) Bergh's Case, 10 Abb. Pr. (N. S.) 866. �(«) Reg. V. Sklpworth, 12 Coi, C. C. 371 ; Reg. t. (c) Com . t. Crans, 3 Pa. L. J. 442. �De Castro, L. R. 9 Q. B. 230. See 1 Green, C. R. (i) In re Pryor, IS Kan. "2. �121. (e) Rex V. Lncas, 3 Burr. 1564, �(v) Desty, Or. L. i 73b, note 13, ��� �