Ex parte Clark

Citations

• 110 Cal. 405
• 42 P. 905
• 1895 Cal. LEXIS 1069

Syllabus

<p>Contempt of Court—Findings of Fact—Habeas Corpus.—The findings of fact recited by the court in the order of commitment of a person com. mitted for contempt must be held to have been authorized by the evi. dence, and are not subject to be controverted, upon writ of habeas corpus.</p> <p>Id.—Prior Punishment for Contempt—Authortty of Court—Violation of Subsequent Order.—The court is not deprived of authority to pun. ish for contempt, by reason of a prior imprisonment for contempt in a matter distinct from that for which the subsequent order was made,where it appears that the contempt first punished was committed prior to the first imprisonment, and that the offense subsequently punished is the violation of a subsequent order which could not have been made the basis of the prior contempt.</p> <p>Id,—Refusal of Insolvent to Surrender Property.—After an adjudication of insolvency, regardless of whether the proceeding is in voluntary or involuntary insolvency, the insolvent is at all times subject to an examination by the court in relation to his property or estate, and if upon such examination the insolvent shall admit or the court shall find that he has omitted certain property from his inventory, the court has the same authority to direct him to deliver this property to the assignee, as it had to direct him to file the inventory, and he may be punished for contempt for refusal to comply with such direction.</p>