People ex rel. Chicago Bar Ass'n v. Barasch

Respondent seeks to reverse an order finding him guilty of direct contempt in the municipal court of Chicago and sentencing him to imprisonment in the county jail for a period of sixty days and imposing a fine in the sum of $200 and costs.

The order recites that respondent is not licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois, his name having been stricken by the Supreme Court of Illinois from the roll of attorneys; that on the 26th day of July 1948, he was guilty of direct contempt of court for practicing law without a license in the municipal court of Chicago in the case of Barasch,…