| Show contempt of court AL st I 1 t L J S e tho ya bloz I 1 observes iti ill at tho filo clio tuo feeling created ita w the tho press by cou contempt tem p t proceedings ia a chiefly au elue Q to their summary chan chad character Leter and above all to the tho fact that the judge is judge in bl his hid own sown cadde 5 there maybe daice cases ati which thia thra Is iann una avoidably avoid avold ablo able but tho the dietl could ba be frequently obviated by a provi slon sion that cases may be sent to another court for trial this 10 opinion 0 0 n is gathering ll 11 strength both gian glan in 11 england u ga and america and recent cases of contempt in which the judges Judge shavo shave have displayed y eda a markedly revengeful or intemperate spirit have done much touch to direct public attention to the matter it IV Is said baid that in france these cases are always assent to other courts for trial and it is obvious that this course is recommended by consid era eta tlona tiona alike of prudence anti and justice in california public opinion has been so stirred by the apparently malignant and doubtfully lawful persecution of charles pickett by the supreme court that any liro proposition position would be welcomed which promised a cur of judicial pow powers ersin ersla in this respect it is perfectly clear elear th that a t ther there a mu must sa ha b ei reform on this th is head he ad arid and it is demanded almost as much in the interests of judicial dignity as for the protection of the public sacramento record union |
