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JACK v. KANSAS

No. 54.

199 U.S. 372 (1905)

26 S.Ct. 73

50 L.Ed. 234

JACK v. KANSAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 27, 1905.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.H. Rossington, Mr. Charles Blood Smith, Mr. J.T. Pringle and Mr. R.B. Gillerly submitted for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Edwin A. Austin, with whom Mr. C.C. Coleman, Attorney General of the State of Kansas and Mr. Otis E. Hengate were on the brief, for defendant in error.

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

The Supreme Court of Kansas has held in this case that the statute under which the plaintiff in error was sentenced to be imprisoned for a contempt of court was a valid statute, and did not violate either the constitution of the State or of the Federal Government.

One portion of the statute in question has already been passed...

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