Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1898 — AGAINST JUDGE THOMPSON. [ARTICLE]

AGAINST JUDGE THOMPSON.

The supreme court Wednesday ordered the indictment quashed against the attorneys of Benton county who were fined by Judge Thompson for passing resolutions against his metheds on the bench. The opinion wasdelire red by Judge Howard and says (b that in a prweedingjfor indirect contempt of court the requirements of sec. U)I2. R. S. 188 L must be strictly followed, the affidavits as to the fitets and notice to the defendant bring essential (2.) An indictment not endorsed by the foreman •of the grand jury as required by we. LB®. K. S. 1881, is bad for want of such indorsement on Motion to quash. (3.) The law tfoes not authorize the grand jury to find an indictment for indirect contempt of court. The opinion also says that disrespectful language used by attorneys to a circuit judge while he was not preriding in the court, but wasattending a meeting of attorneys to which he had been invited, ma small room adjoining the court room which latter room was the* ■mpty, does not constitute a direct contempt of court. A direct contempt of court is an am act committed in the presence eff Issie court or so near it as to intempt er disturb the proceedings thw—rif and does not embrace a private affront offered to the judge wmie mc notuiiig court. It s -*aid that the fight will not end with this ruling, it being the rite mi inn fra in of the Benton countonmove the county from ariachmg it to the Foontain-War- - ana riacniL This will m 'sritate legislative acficn.