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SAVIN, PETITIONER, 131 U. S. 267 (1889)

131 U. S. 267

U.S. Supreme Court

Savin, Petitioner, 131 U.S. 267 (1889)

Savin, Petitioner

No. 1553

Argued April 25, 1889

Decided May 13, 1889

131 U.S. 267

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED

STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Syllabus

The courts of the United States have power to punish, by fine or imprisonment at their discretion, misbehavior in their presence, or misbehavior so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, although the offense is also punishable by indictment under Rev.Stat. § 5399.

Attempting to deter a witness, in attendance upon a court of the United States in obedience to a subpoena and while he is near the court room, in the jury room temporarily used as witness room, from testifying for the party in whose behalf he was summoned, and offering him, when in the hallway of the court, money not to testify against the defendant, is misbehavior in the presence of the court.


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