...District of Columbia. Sec. 24. That nothing herein contained shall be construed to relate to contempt» committed in the presence of the court, or so near...in disobedience of any lawful writ, process, order, rnle, decree, or command entered in any suit or action brought or prosecuted in the name of, or on...

...court, the party cited for contempt shall be entitled to trial by jury, except when such contempt was committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere with the proper administration of justice. We pledge the Republican party to the enactment...

...punishable by the court." The provisions referred to declared that the wilful misbehavior of any person in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct justice is a contempt; and that abuse of, or unlawful interference with, the process or proceedings...

...court, the party cited for contempt shall be entitled to trial by jury, except when such contempt was committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as .£o_in]terfere with the proper administration of justice.- j We pledge the Republican party to the...

...during such appeal. § 24 reads as follows: "That nothing herein contained shall be construed to delate to contempts committed in the presence of the court,...obstruct the administration of justice, nor to contempts commited in dlsobdience of any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command entered in any...

...punish for contempts shall not be construed to extend to any cases except (1) misbehavior of any person in the presence of the Court or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice; (2) misbehavior of any officer of the Court in his official transactions;...

...217. VI. Assault on officers or agents of court, 217. VII. Miscellaneous, 218. I. In general. Assaults committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to disturb the administration of justice, or assaults committed upon a judge, juror, attorney, witness,...

...the discretion of the court. Section 24 of the act (Comp. St. § 1245d) provides as follows : " That nothing herein contained shall be construed to relate...contempts committed in the presence of the court, cr so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, nor to contempts committed in disobedience...

...Wilmot. new legislation was passed in 1831. This allowed the courts to punish summarily -misbehavior in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice." The current Federal statute reads much the same as the 1831 statute....

...summarily for contempt is limited to those cases in which the contemptuous conduct has occurred either in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice. Now, this was reiterated in Cook v. United States in 267 US 517, In...