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IN RE WILLIAM V. BRADLEY, 318 U. S. 50 (1943)
318 U. S. 50U.S. Supreme Court
In re William V. Bradley, 318 U.S. 50 (1943)
In re William V. Bradley
No. 473
Argued January 8, 1943
Decided February 1, 1943
318 U.S. 50
Syllabus
A federal court having erroneously imposed upon the petitioner a sentence of fine and imprisonment for contempt (Jud.Code § 268, 28 U.S.C. § 385), and the fine having been paid to the clerk of the court, who gave a receipt therefor, the court is without power thereafter -- although the money had not been covered into the Treasury -- to modify the sentence to one of imprisonment only, and the petitioner must be discharged. P. 318 U. S. 52.
Reversed. clubjuris
Certiorari, 317 U.S. 616, to review a judgment sentencing the petitioner for contempt.