canse why he should not be punished for con tempt of court. He acknowledged that he had "offended against the dignity of a court of justice, the decorum fitting such a place, Baa the severe majesty of the law," but ex> > cased his retort upon the Judge in calling him i •-a liar, ' by saving that the Judge had first accused him of uttering an untruth. "It was," said Mr. Bradley, '-as if a blow had