People v. Ryan

A judgment of the criminal court of Cook County found the defendant, James Ryan, guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to the county jail for a term #f sixty days. The case is here upon writ of error.

Defendant is the same James Ryan who was involved in People v. Ryan, 410 Ill. 486. The contempt proceeding which was before us in that case grew out of his refusal to comply with a subpoena duces tecum. The present proceeding stems from the same grand jury investigation and involves his alleged failure to obey a subpoena ad testificandum.

On July 17, 1950, Ryan was served with a subpoena…