He was committed to jail for a period of one year or until he purged himself of contempt.
They challenge not the validity of the procedure by which they were committed to jail, but the constitutional sufficiency of the grounds on which they were so committed.
Upon his refusal, he was adjudged in contempt of court and ordered committed to jail until he should have complied with the court order.
Pursuant to that order, and in conformity with a warrant, reciting that he had been convicted of a contempt of said court, the respondent was committed to jail.
It was an effort, he said, to show the students the "realities of jail life and the procedures faced when you are committed to jail".
Testifying in her own defense, petitioner on cross-examination on June 26 refused to answer four questions about Communist membership of other persons; she was adjudged guilty of civil contempt and committed to jail until the contempt had been purged.
This done, his duty is, if he deems the evidence sufficient to hold the accused for extradition, to commit him to jail, and to certify his conclusion, with the evidence, to the Secretary of State, who may then, 'upon the requisition of the proper authorities of such foreign government, issue his warrant for the surrender of the accused.
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala). said Tuesday at a confirmation hearing to become the country's next attorney general that he has not studied the current guidelines for investigations involving journalists and wouldn't commit to not jailing them in the course of probing leaks.
What, then, are the grounds upon which the petitioner claims that the circuit court was without jurisdiction to make the order committing him to jail?
The contention of his counsel is that the circuit court failed to take such steps as were necessary to give jurisdiction of the person of the prisoner at the time the order was made committing him to jail for contempt; and, therefore, that the order was illegal, and the writ should be awarded.
Reporters could be committed to civil jail if they don't pay.
