Detournion v. Dormenon

By the Court, Matthews, J. & Lewis, J. The *139 insult offered to the defendant, cannot be considered as a contempt of his judicial authority, which he had power to punish in this manner. This Court is bound to keep all inferior Courts and magistrates within the limits of their respective powers, and to punish wilful transgressions of them. JuDGMENT FOR THE PLAINTIFF-