United States v. Carter

Decided April 15, 1829

Indictment for larceny. Verdict, not guilty. Clara Selden and Mary Stuart, who were witnesses in the cause, made affidavit, that while in the piazza of the court room, immediately after the verdict, the prisoner, retiring from the court, spoke certain ' opprobrious words, (which were stated in. the affidavit,) and threatened one of them that she would give-her her dose, and that she would be revenged of them both ; that the prisoner is a violent tempered woman, and that they…

Decided 1829-04-15

¶1The Court, (Thruston, J., absent,) considering it as a contempt in the presence of the Court, it being within the possibility of the hearing of the Court, and in the piazza immediately adjoining the court room, (the windows of which opened into the piazza,) ordered the attachment without a previous rule to show cause. And upon being brought in upon the attachment, and having, upon interrogatories, confessed the said threats, and repeated them in the face of the Court, and avowed her determination to carry them into effect,

¶2The Court fined her one dollar, and ordered her to give security for her good behavior in 100 dollars, and in default thereof committed her to prison until, &c.