Show THE TIRE CONTEMPT CASE EUZA ELIZA SENTENCED BY THE commissioner CORPUS proceedings BEFORE JUDGE Z zine ZANE 4 NE at 10 this morning eliza eilza shafer appeared before commissioner mckay to receive sentence for contempt in refusing ref using to answer certain questions propounded by mr varian in the snell examination the commissioner directed that a fine flue of 25 be imposed and that the ithe witness be imprisoned for lor 24 hours and be com moitt ted to the custody of the V US S marshal marshai until the tho Is paid aid ald A petition for a writ or of habeas co apus pus was tiled filed in the district DI S brict court and the matter was brought up for he beaning bearing a r a before judge zane at 3 2 k t this lis its afternoon mr kirkpatrick appe appearing a rn 1 for th the e defendant a and a d mr air vari varl varlan varian an for 0 r the prosecution mr varian arz arg argued aed the questions ns has a commissioner of the supreme court of utah territory the right to punish a witness vit ness for contempt if so what is the liml limit t of S such itch punishment ile he contended that tile the commissioner had the power to punish for contempt and a nd that power extended not only as claimed by commissioner I but to the imprisoning of a wit ness until such ti time rn e as the qu question estloa asked be answered mr air kirkpatrick followed with an able argument in opposition to the claim of the prosecution and showed that no matter how much the commissioner might desire to tb exercise the power to punish witnesses for contempt it was not conferred by the law and lichaa he had boright no right to usurp it the question was submitted to judge zane for decision |