Melville Fuller

“ A rule to show cause was entered and served on O'Neal, to which he filed a demurrer, assigning as grounds that the affidavit did not show that respondent had committed any offense of which the court had jurisdiction, or had done any act punishable by the court as a contempt thereof, or had committed any act of contempt against the court. ”

“ Smith v. McKay, 161 U.S. 355, 40 L. ed. 731, 16 Sup. Ct. Rep. 490; Vance v. W. A. Vandercook Co. 170 U.S. 468, 472, 42 L. ed. 1111, 1112, 18 Sup. Ct. Rep. 645; Mexican C. R. Co. v. Eckman, 187 U.S. 432, ante, 212, 23 Sup. Ct. Rep. 212. ”