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Domestic News
August 1, 1822
Alexandria Gazette & Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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In Pittsburg, attorneys John H. Hopkins and B. Craig were arraigned and fined $150 each for contempt of court following a physical altercation during a minor case presided over by Judge Wilkins.
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On Saturday the 22d ult. two attorneys (John H. Hopkins and B. Craig, Esq's.) were arraigned at the bar in Pittsburg. for contempt of court, and fined $150 each. On the Saturday preceding. they were engaged on the opposite side of a cause, wherein the matter at issue between their clients amounted to one dollar and fifty cents, before an adjourned court of common pleas--judge Wilkins presiding. Craig accused Hopkins of having made a false representation to the court--which was denied, and re-asserted: when the latter called the former a liar--whereupon Craig jumped on him and gave him a moderate pommelling. to the no small amusement of the court and by-standers. This circumstance gives the lie to somebody, who has sagely, as he supposed, likened two attorneys to a pair of scissors, the blades of which cut what passes between, without cutting themselves.
On Saturday the 22d ult. two attorneys (John H. Hopkins and B. Craig, Esq's.) were arraigned at the bar in Pittsburg. for contempt of court, and fined $150 each. On the Saturday preceding. they were engaged on the opposite side of a cause, wherein the matter at issue between their clients amounted to one dollar and fifty cents, before an adjourned court of common pleas--judge Wilkins presiding. Craig accused Hopkins of having made a false representation to the court--which was denied, and re-asserted: when the latter called the former a liar--whereupon Craig jumped on him and gave him a moderate pommelling. to the no small amusement of the court and by-standers. This circumstance gives the lie to somebody, who has sagely, as he supposed, likened two attorneys to a pair of scissors, the blades of which cut what passes between, without cutting themselves.
What sub-type of article is it?
Legal Or Court
What keywords are associated?
Contempt Of Court
Attorneys Fight
Pittsburg Court
Legal Altercation
What entities or persons were involved?
John H. Hopkins
B. Craig, Esq's.
Judge Wilkins
Where did it happen?
Pittsburg
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Pittsburg
Event Date
Saturday The 22d Ult.
Key Persons
John H. Hopkins
B. Craig, Esq's.
Judge Wilkins
Outcome
fined $150 each
Event Details
Two attorneys were arraigned for contempt after an altercation in court over a case worth one dollar and fifty cents; Craig accused Hopkins of false representation, leading to Hopkins calling Craig a liar, and Craig physically assaulting Hopkins, amusing the court.