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 844 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 [62 STAT. CHAPTEB 233.- CO NTEMPTS See. 8691. Jury trial of criminal contempts. 3692. Jury trial for contempt in labor dispute cases. 3693. Summary disposition or jury trial; notice-Rule. § 3691. JURY TRIAL OF CRIMINAL CONTEMIPTS Whenever a contempt charged shall consist in willful disobedience of any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command of any district court of the United States by doing or omitting any act or thing in violation thereof, and the act or thing done or omitted also constitutes a criminal offense under any Act of Congress, or under the laws of any state in which it was done or omitted, the accused, upon demand therefor, shall be entitled to trial by a jury, which shall con- form as near as may be to the practice in other criminal cases. This section shall not apply to contempts committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, nor to contempts committed in disobedience of any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command entered in any suit or action brought or prosecuted in the name of, or on behalf of, the United States. § 3692. JURY TRIAL FOR CONTEMPT IN LABOR DISPUTE CASES In all cases of contempt arising under the laws of the United States governing the issuance of injunctions or restraining orders in any case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the contempt shall have been committed. This section shall not apply to contempts committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere directly with the admin- istration of justice nor to the misbehavior, misconduct, or disobedience of any officer of the court in respect to the writs, orders or process of the court. § 3693. SUMMARY DISPOSITION OR JURY TRIAL; NOTICE--(RULE) SEE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Summary punishment; certificate of judge; order; notice; jury trial; bail; disqualification of judge, Rule 42. CHAPTRB 235.- - A PPE A Sec. 3731. Appeal by United States. 3732. Taking of appeal; notice; time-Rule. 3733. Assignment of errors-Rule. 3734. Bill of exceptions abolished-Rule. 3735. Bail on appeal or certiorari-Rule. 3736. Certiorari-Rule. 3737. Record-Rule. 3738. Docketing appeal and record-Rule. 3739. Supervision-Rule. 3740. Argument-Rule. 3741. Harmless error and plain error-Rule. § 3731. APPEAL BY UNrrED STATES Appeals to upreme An appeal may be taken by and on behalf of the United States from the district courts direct to the Supreme Court of the United States in all criminal cases in the following instances: From a decision or judgment setting aside, or dismissing any indict- ment or information, or any count thereof, where such decision or judgment is based upon the validity or construction of the statute upon which the indictment or information is founded. From a decision arresting a judgment of conviction for insufficiency of the indictment or information, where such decision is based upon

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