What is the effect of a warrant of commitment against a justice of the peace?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Reiben, Re, 1919 CanLII 162 (SK QB):
In my opinion the warrant of commitment is bad, for the following reasons: (1) The justices of the peace had no power to commit for contempt. See Young v. Saylor, 23 O.R. 513 (affirmed in 20 O.A.R. 645).
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