...the misbehavior of any person in their presence, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of Justice, the misbehavior of any of the officers...rule, decree, or command of the said courts." This statute embraces three classes of cases in which the court is given jurisdiction to punish contempts:...

...the misbehavior of any person in their presence, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, the misbehavior of any of the officers...order, rule, decree, or command of the said courts." It is contended for the defendant that to render effectual a judgment or order convicting a party of...

...the misbehavior of any person in their presence, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of Justice: the misbehavior of any of the officers...writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command of said courts." This statute has received an interpretation by the supreme court in the case of Ex parte...

...that such power to punish contempts shall not be construed to extend to any cases except, * * * an(j the disobedience or resistance by any such officer,...order, rule, decree, or command of the said courts;" and that under this section a proceeding in contempt is criminal in its nature, and authorizes the...

...or persons in the presence of the said courts, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, the misbehavior of any of the officers...transactions, and the disobedience or resistance by any officer of the said courts, party, juror, witness, or any other person or persons, to any lawful writ,...

...order, rule, decree, or command of the said courts." » The language giving the court power, to punish the "disobedience or resistance by any such officer,...witness or other person, to any lawful writ, process, rule, decree or command of the said courts," manifestly extends the power of the court to enforce its...

...officer of the court in his official transactions; and, third, disobedience or resistance of any officer, party, juror, witness or other person, to any lawful...writ, process, order, rule, decree or command of the courts. Ex parte Robinson, 19 Wall. 505, 511. It is not necessary here to discuss the question whether,...

...proviso of the section includes within the penalty "disobedience or resistance by any * * * witness to any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command of the said courts." This authority is exercised by the courts for two purposes : (1) To punish the offender for the disrespect...

...that the Courts of the United States may punish as for contempt any disobedience or resistance by any person " to any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree or command " of the Court ; but the power thus conferred is not to be construed as extending the authority to punish beyond...

...the Revised Statutes, power to punish, as a contempt of its authority, the disobedience of any party, or other person, to any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree or command made by it, yet it cannot properly punish, as such a contempt, the failure of these sureties...