contempt by publication
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From 205 U.S. 454 - Thomas Patterson v. People of the State of Colorado Ex Rel Attorney General of the State of Colorado · 1907Most cited · 913 citing opinions
A publication likely to reach the eyes of a jury, declaring a witness in a pending cause a perjurer, would be none the less a contempt that it was true. It would tend to obstruct the administration of justice, because even a correct conclusion is not to be reached or helped in that way, if our system of trials is to be maintained.