HORNEY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
The question posed by this appeal is whether or not the Municipal Court of Baltimore City, absent the signing of a formal order of contempt and the giving of reasonable time to make a defense, had jurisdiction to punish for a contempt arising out of the failure of a party defendant to appear at the postponed hearing of a case in obedience to an oral command given by the court at the time of postponement.
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