IN RE: BANKS AND FENWICK Vs. STATE
LAWS(CAL)-1869-5-8
HIGH COURT OF CALCUTTA
Decided on May 05,1869

IN RE: BANKS AND FENWICK Appellant
VERSUS
Respondents

JUDGEMENT

- (1.) An advertisement publislied in a newspaper for a demonstration against a Judge for acts done in Court may be a contempt of Court as well as defamation, although it cannot be said that in every case a demonstration got up in order to obtain an expression of public opinion concerning the acts of a Judge would bo a contempt, [p. 125, col. 1.]
(2.) If anonymous letters are sent to the press containing false statements), the press is responsible for them if the name of the author is not given up. [p. 144, col. 2.]
(3.) To say that a sentence is 'cruel" may be a con-tempt of Court, though it would be no contempt if the remark is merely that, the sentence is a severe one. [p. 142, col 2; p. 143, col. 1.];


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