...defined, by acts of Congress. The judiciary act of September 24, 1789, c. 20, § 17, invests them with " power to punish by fine or imprisonment, at the discretion...authority in any cause or hearing before the same." 1 Stat. 83. By an act of Congress of March 2, 1831, c. 99, 4 Stat. 487, " declaratory of the law concerning...

...by Acts of Congress. The Judiciary Act of September 24, 1789, chap. 20, § 17, invests them with " power to punish by fine or imprisonment, at the discretion...authority in any cause or hearing before the same." 1 Slat, at L. 83. By an Act of Congress of March 2, 1881, chap. 99, "declaratory of the law concerning...

...in contempt of the court. The seventeenth section of the judiciary act of 1789 (now section 725 of the Revised Statutes of the United States) provides...Judge Peck, judge of the United States district court for the district of Missouri; and, though the judge was acquitted by the senate, the congress immediately...

...for contempt is inherent in all courts. It is true Congress, by statute, (1 Stat. 83,) declared that the courts of the United States "shall have power...authority in any cause or hearing before the same." And this general power was limited by the act of March 2, 1831, 4 Stat. 487; Rev. Stat. sec. 725, the...

...States "shall have power to administer all necessary oaths or affirmations, and to punish by fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of said courts, all...authority in any cause or hearing before the same." Upon the one hand the contention was that the Federal courts were of limited jurisdiction, and unless...

...this decision the court further said : It is true Congress, by statute (1 Stat. 83). declared that the courts of the United States "shall have power...of said courts, all contempts of authority in any case or hearing before the same," and this general power was limited by the act of March 2, 1831 (4...

...of law; (a) and shall hare power to impose and administer all necessary oaths or affirmations, and to punish by fine or imprisonment, at the discretion...authority In any cause or hearing before the same; (b) and to make and establish all necessary rules for the orderly conducting of business in the said...

...of law; (a) and shall have power to impose and administer all necessary oaths or affirmations, and (6) and to make and establish all necessary rules for the orderly conducting of business in the said...

...bankruptcy. * * * "The seventeenth section of the Judiciary Act of 1789 (now § 725 of the Revised Statute of the United States), provides that all the courts...Judge Peck, judge of the United States District Court for the district of Missouri; and, though the judge was acquitted by the Senate, the Congress immediately...

...courts of law; and shall have power to impose and administer all necessary oaths or affirmations, and to punish by fine or imprisonment, at the discretion...authority in any cause or hearing before the same; and to make and establish all necessary rules for the orderly conducting business in the said courts,...