"Writ of habeas corpus" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... judge to punish counsel summarily for alleged misbehavior in the course of a trial. In ex parte Terry,[39] decided in 1888, Terry had been jailed by the United States Circuit Court of California for assaulting in its presence a United States marshal. The Supreme Court denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In Cooke v. United States,[40] however, decided in 1925, the Court remanded for further proceedings a judgment of the United States Circuit Court of Texas sustaining the judgment of a United States District judge sentencing to jail an attorney and his client for presenting the judge a letter ...
— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin |
