—impossible for him to supervise all the reports brought in; but this, and other facts sworn to, relieved him from the suspicion of having intended to do wrong; and a fine of $50 and payment of costs was imposed upon D.-a small fine being considered sufficient, in view of the fact that the subject was a comparatively new one in Alberta, and the purpose was to extinguish in …

"After the man was in custody the newspaper commented upon the case as to whether he had committed the crime, not to assist in unravelling the case. It was merely an attempt to minister to the idle curiosity of the people as to what was passing within the prison before the trial took place...."

—to suffer for it. Probably the proper punishment—and it is one which this court may yet have to award if the punishment we are about to award proves insufficient—will be imprisonment in cases of this kind. There is no question about that, because we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that newspapers are owned by wealthy people, and it may even happen that they will take …

Astor, 16 where it was held that the publication in one article of two items of news, the first relating to pending civil proceedings in connection with a share transaction, the second giving a report of criminal proceedings relating to the same transaction, was contempt of 7.

—contempt procedures were first developed in the eighteenth century, see John Scripp, Controlling Prejudicial Publicity by the Contempt Power, in Selected Readings, supra nol 118 See supi 119

While the United States attempts to control prejudice by controlling juries, the British llave chosen the latter course, imposing strict limitations on the ability of the press to 119

—newspaper editor fined£ 200 and costs for publishing a report that an individual who fled to Canada and was arrested there confessed to the crime

One case even considered the apology to the court as without significance in spite of historical precedent: "The apology was due to the people wronged and to the public. The Court had no feeling in regard to the matter

Garvan, 4 "Lord Hardwicke answered a defense that a publisher did not know the content of a contemptuous article: 38 Id

Publications about evidence, which might subsequently be ruled inadmissible at trial, have been held to be contempts

[PDF] Journalism and Justice in Criminal Law

[BOOK] Media freedom and contempt of court

[CITATION] Hastings International and Comparative Law Review

[CITATION] Memphis State University Law Review