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Criminal Law And Procedure - Right Of Accused To Be Present At Trial
Criminal Law And Procedure - Right Of Accused To Be Present At Trial
Michigan Law Review
In a prosecution for bank robbery, testimony of a witness which did not connect the accused with the crime and merely served to qualify the witness was received during the unnoticed and involuntary absence of the accused. No objection was made by the counsel for the accused who was present at the time. When the accused's absence was discovered, the motion of counsel that the cause be withdrawn from the jury was overruled and the court admonished the jury not to consider the testimony. Appellant contended that he had been denied a right and that therefore injury must be presumed. …
Constitutional Law - Power Of Congress To Punish For Contempt - Power To Punish For Completed Acts
Constitutional Law - Power Of Congress To Punish For Contempt - Power To Punish For Completed Acts
Michigan Law Review
Petitioner was attorney for certain air lines and during the course of the "Air Mail" contracts investigation in the Senate in 1934 was ordered to produce certain correspondence. He delayed, claiming an attorney's privileges, and either he or his partner allowed clients to remove certain of the papers asked for from his files. Some of the papers were later returned by the clients, and others were destroyed. Petitioner was committed for contempt of the Senate and brought habeas corpus proceedings. Held, (1) neither the fact that an obstruction of legislative process has been removed or that its removal has …