People v. Westbrooks

By this appeal the respondent, Westbrooks, seeks to reverse a judgment of the criminal court of Cook county, wherein he was adjudged to be in contempt of court, and ordered to pay a fine of $10. The record discloses that on November 13, 1925, a judge presiding over one of the branches of the criminal court of Cook county ordered that an attachment for contempt issue against the respondent, by reason of his failure to appear as counsel for defendant in a cause then pending in the criminal court, and for his “failure to appear in court after having been notified by the Sheriff of Cook County to…