The presiding judge also decides at what amount, if any, to set bail.

On March 5, 1868, the impeachment trial began in the Senate and lasted almost three months ; Reps. George S. Boutwell, Ben Butler and Thaddeus Stevens acted as managers ( prosecutors ) for the House and William M. Evarts, Benjamin R. Curtis and Attorney General Henry Stanberry served as Johnson's counsel ; Chief Justice Chase served as presiding judge.

# Direct contempt is that which occurs in the presence of the presiding judge ( in facie curiae ) and may be dealt with summarily: the judge notifies the offending party that he or she has acted in a manner which disrupts the tribunal and prejudices the administration of justice.

He feels that the presiding judge elected not to docket crucial documents, and that the Claims Resolution Tribunal could no longer be trusted.

This decision was based on an 8: 1 acquittal of Kawas Nanavati in K. M. Nanavati vs. State of Maharashtra, which was overturned by higher courts, on the grounds that the jury was misled by the presiding judge.

In the latter, the presiding judge sits with a jury of nine.

After the presiding judge reduced his sentence for cooperating with testimony against his former colleagues and good behavior, he was released after less than two years.

This makes it impossible for the accuser to induce friends or family to give false evidence in support of their accusations because, normally, this evidence would be rejected by the presiding authority or judge.

The presiding judge, John T. Raulston, was accused of being biased towards the prosecution and frequently clashed with Darrow.

* The replacement of the chief presiding judge, midway through the trial.

The Xerox lawsuit was dismissed because the presiding judge dismissed most of Xerox's complaints as being inappropriate for a variety of legal reasons.

In that case, concerned with a guarantee of payment for goods rather than payment of rent, the presiding judge explained that a guarantee effectively says " Let him have the goods ; if he does not pay you, I will.

He was also still a strong opponent of the Roman Catholics, for it was by his advice that the elector of Saxony declared himself ready to send deputies to a council to be convened at Trent, but only under the condition that the Protestants should have a share in the discussions, and that the Pope should not be considered as the presiding officer and judge.

His attorney, Maitre Labori ( Donald Crisp ) does his best, but the presiding judge refuses to allow him to bring up the Dreyfus affair and the military witnesses all commit perjury, with the exception of Picquart.

In France, the presiding judge of a court are addressed as Monsieur le président / Madame la présidente ), whilst associated judges are addressed as Madame, Monsieur l ' Assesseur.

In Italy the presiding judge of a court is addressed as well to as " Signor presidente della corte ".

" Vasha Chest ")-for criminal cases only with the one judge presiding.

In Sweden the presiding judge of a court is normally addressed as Herr " Ordförande "/ Fru " Ordförande ".

In many states throughout the United States, a judge is addressed as " Your Honor " or " Judge " when presiding over the court.

Mario Lucio d ' Andria, the presiding judge at the trial, threw out the charges citing " insufficient evidence " after hearing 20 months of evidence.

The state sentence was overturned on appeal, however, on grounds that the presiding judge had " the appearance of prejudice " because smoke from the fire had motivated him to voluntarily leave his home for one night.

However, as mere administrative divisions, departments can be rearranged at the discretion of each trial court's presiding judge in response to changing caseloads.

Usually, a court-martial takes the form of a trial with a presiding judge, a prosecutor and defensive counsel ( all trained lawyers as well as officers ) and ( in some cases ) a panel of officers ( and sometimes enlisted personnel ) acting as jury.

He has a brother, Peter, who later became a lawyer and is now a judge, presiding in Calgary, and a sister Catherine who is retired in Victoria, British Columbia.

To be presiding officer of it was the end of his desire and ambition.

But with the convening of the new Congress, he was the public man again, presiding over the Senate until John Kennedy's Inauguration.

The epistates ( ἐπιστάτης ), an official selected by lot for a single day from among the currently presiding prytany, chaired that day's meeting of the boule and, if there was one, that day's meeting of the assembly ; he also held the keys to the treasury and the seal to the city, and welcomed foreign ambassadors.

Socrates happened to be the citizen presiding over the assembly that day and refused to cooperate ( though to little effect ) and stood against the idea that it was outrageous for the people to be unable to do whatever they wanted.

The short-lived Bolognese Republic, proclaimed in 1796 as a French client republic in the Central Italian city of Bologna, had a government consisting of nine consuls and its head of state was the Presidente del Magistrato, i. e., chief magistrate, a presiding office held for four months by one of the consuls.

Once at some games at which he was presiding, he ordered his guards to throw an entire section of the crowd into the arena during intermission to be eaten by animals because there were no criminals to be prosecuted and he was bored.

This honor was bestowed by making the Senior Bishop an “ Archbishop ,” thus presiding in dignity of honor over all the Alexandrine and Egyptian Bishops.

Watkins was the first woman to be elected as the presiding minister of a mainline Protestant denomination.

When the Democrats took control of the Senate in December 1845, they chose Atchison as President pro tempore, placing him third in succession for the Presidency, and also giving him the duty of presiding over the Senate when the Vice President was absent.

The trial, for which Allen hired Jared Ingersoll to represent the grantholder interest, began in July 1770, pitting Allen against politically powerful New York grant-holders, including New York's Lieutenant Governor Colden, James Duane ( who was prosecuting the case ), and Robert Livingston, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ( who was presiding over the case ).

James was depicted as a Catholic sympathiser, presiding over a corrupt court.

Fell was one of three presiding judges, and had the charges dismissed on a technicality.

After the death of the presiding bishop, Meletius of Antioch, Gregory was selected to lead the Council.

According to Lobo, the organisation was expected to adopt a co-ordinated position on the issue, but El Salvador, the nation presiding over the summit, refused to include the matter on the official agenda, insisting that discussion should retain a regional focus.

In November 1781, he was the first person to be elected as the presiding officer, leading some historians to claim he was the first President of the United States.

Lithuania was ruled during the early 13th century by a number of dukes and princes presiding over various fiefdoms and tribes.

* Phrygian Sibyl was the priestess presiding over an Apollonian oracle at Phrygia, a historical kingdom in the Anatolian highlands.

In September 2000, magistrate Pieter Theron, who was presiding in a case involving PAGAD members, was murdered in a drive-by shooting.