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...Utah once hauled in nearly 30 postal workers for contempt of court because mail-sorting machinery in Ritter's courthouse was noisy. He freed 29 felony convicts simply because no attorney was present at their parole hearings. Once he had a reporter confined for two hours without explanation; a bailiff said Ritter was angered by the journalist picking his nose in court. He frequently bullies attorneys, threatening them with "one of those 150 meals the sheriff serves up." He awarded a group of Indians suing the Government more than twice what they had asked for. Until slapped down...
...Hattum appeared she tartly replied: "I have been told all my life that my vote was a private thing and that I'd never have to tell anybody how I voted." The judge then told her she would have to go to jail for contempt, and a bailiff handcuffed her and held her in a waiting room for the rest of the session. When another illegal voter, Diane Lazinsky, 27, also refused to disclose how she had voted, the judge postponed the case and threatened to jail both women. Michigan's court of appeals last week ordered Judge...
...Assassination. Through Tuesday, at 5:40 and 9:50, with Sansho the Bailiff...
Sirica resolved the matter instinctively, reverting to a career-long tendency to get everything possible on the official record. He summoned his two law clerks, a court reporter, a bailiff, and the probation officer with the letter. Sirica would open it only in their presence and he would read it immediately into the record. As he did so, the implications of McCord's message immediately hit Sirica. "I knew this might throw light on things we suspected but didn't know," he explained later. "It convinced me I'd done exactly the right thing in asking all those questions...
...Judge Hoffman left the bench, the bailiff naturally ordered everyone to stand. The sudden movement and noise startled the Secret Service agent who was escorting Agnew out. "Everybody sit down!" he shouted. Some sat down for the former Vice President, but most remained standing for the judge...