SUPREME COURT.
No. 3 of 1873.
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directed, or executed by any other officer of the court as the court may direct.
mode of execution
27. Each bailiff shall serve and execute all process of the General court under the directions of the Registrar, and make a return of the same, together with the manner of the execution thereof, to the court, and shall arrest and convey to prison all such persons as may be committed to his custody by order of the court.
bailiff from liability for act done by order.
28. No action shall be brought against a bailiff for anything done or omitted to be done by him whilst acting under the directions in writing of the Registrar or in pursuance of any order made or given by the court as hereinbefore mentioned: Provided always that such bailiff does not wilfully misrepresent or suppress any material fact in obtaining any such directions from such Registrar.
29. It shall be lawful for the presiding judge in any proceeding in the court, whether of a civil or criminal nature, to order and allow to all persons examined or detained as witnesses in any such proceeding such sum of money as may seem fit, as well for defraying the reasonable expenses of such witnesses as for affording them a reasonable compensation for their trouble and loss of time.
for non-attendance and of person guilty of contempt of court.
30. If any person served with a subpoena to attend the court as a witness in any action or suit therein, or on the trial of any indictment or information, refuses or neglects to attend the court pursuant to such subpoena, or if any person is guilty of any contempt before the court, it shall be lawful for the presiding judge to punish such person in a summary way, by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment, without hard labour, for any term not exceeding two months: Provided that nothing herein contained shall affect or abridge the right of any plaintiff or defendant to proceed against any person for not appearing pursuant to his subpoena for the recovery of any special damage which such plaintiff or defendant may have sustained by reason of the disobedience of such person.
31. If in any cause, action, or suit, civil or criminal, or in any proceeding connected therewith, it appears to the court that summary punishment of person