tempt be not sufficiently purged, a trial shall be directed at a
time and place fixed by the Court: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That if
the accused, being a natural person, fail or refuse to make return
to the rule to show cause, an attachment may issue against his
person to compel an answer, and in case of his continued failure
or refusal, or if for any reason it be impracticable to dispose of
the matter on the return day, he may be required to give reasonable
bail for his attendance at the trial and his submission to the final
judgment of the court. Where the accused is a bodycorporate,
an attachment for the sequestration of its property may be issued
upon like refusal or failure to answer. in
In all cases within the purview of this Act such trial may be
by the court, or, upon demand of the accused, by a jury; in
which latter event the court may impanel a jury from the jurors
then in attendance, or the court or the judge thereof in chambers,
may cause a sufficient number of jurors to be selected and summoned,
 as provided by law, to attend at the time and place of
trial, at which time a jury shall be selected and impanched as
upon a trial for misdemeanor; and such trial shall conform, as
near as may be, to the practice in criminal cases prosecuted by
indictment or upon information.
If the accused be found guilty, judgment shall be entered accordingly,
 prescribing the punishment, either by fine or imprisonment,
or both, in the discretion of the court.
Such fine shall be paid to the United States or to the complainant
 or other party injured by the act, constituting the contempt,
or may, where more than one is so damaged, be divided or
apportioned among them as the court may direct, but in no case
shall the fine to be paid to the United States exceed, in case the
accused is a natural person, the sum of $ 1000.— nor shall such
imprisonment exceed the term of six months; PROVIDED, That in
any case the court or a judge thereof may, for good cause
shown, by affidavit or proof taken in open court or before such
judge and filed with the papers in the case, dispense with the rule
to show cause, and may issue an attachment for the arrest of the
person charged with contempt; in which event such person, when
arrested, shall be brought before such court or a judge thereof
without unnecessary delay and shall be admitted to bail in a
reasonable penalty for his appearance to answer to the charge or
for trial for the contempt; and thereafter the proceedings shall