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IN RE WATTS AND SACHS

Nos. 15, 16.

190 U.S. 1 (1903)

23 S.Ct. 718

47 L.Ed. 933

In re WATTS AND SACHS, PETITIONERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 1903.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. David Fairleigh, with whom Mr. Bernard Flexner was on the brief, for the petitioner Watts.

Mr. W.H.H. Miller, with whom Mr. W.M. Smith was on the brief, for the petitioner Sachs.

Mr. George H. Hester (by special leave), with whom Mr. William Wilhartz was on the brief, for the receiver in bankruptcy of M. Zier & Co.

Mr. Solicitor General Hoyt for the United States.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

In this matter writs of certiorari as well as of habeas corpus were issued, and the record returned to us includes the evidence below, which was duly preserved by bill of exceptions. The District Court held that a flagrant contempt of the court in bankruptcy was committed on the twentieth of February by the taking of...

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