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Show It is to be presumed the Indianapolis Indian-apolis judge who fined a man $10,-000 $10,-000 for contempt of court knew the law in the premises and did not exceed bis jurisdiction; otherwise he miifbt find himself in the iame unpleasant un-pleasant predicament that the Illinois alderman who acta aa chief justice of Utah found himself in a few montbi ago. This latter luminary of the lederal bench adjudged a person guilty of contempt, and fined him fi00. when the extreme limit allowed by the statute waa $200. The $300 aa a matter of course, was charged to lazineea, ignorance and spite, bis honor being at liberty to apportion the amount as be thought proper. But the upshot of the whole matter was that no attempt haa been made to collect the fine or any portion of it. |