...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,...

...official transactions: and, third, where there has been disobedience or resistance by any officer, party, juror, witness, or other person, to any lawful...writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command of the courts. As thus seen, the power of these courts In the punishments of contempts can only be exercised...

...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...

...resistance by any officer of the said courts, party, juror, witness, or any other person or persons, to any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command of the said courts." The common-law authority of the courts, as it has been exercised in England and in this country, and...

...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...

...language giving the court power, to punish the "disobedience or resistance by any such officer, or by any party, juror, 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...

...of any of the officers of said courts in their official transactions, and disobedience or resistance to any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command of the court. Since courts have been organized this power has been found necessary to the due administration...

...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...

...disobedience or resistance by any such officer, or by any party, juror, witness, or other persons, to any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command of the said courts. 24 Sept., 1789, c. 20, s. 17, v. 1, p. 83; 2 Mar., 1831, c. 99, s. 1, v. 4, p. 487. Iaths imposed upon...

...said Courts in their official transactions, and the disobedience or resistance by any such officer, or by any party, juror, witness, or other person, to...order, rule, decree, or command of the said Courts." Here, nothing has been done in the presence of the Court, or even of any its officers ; what has been...