People ex rel. Rusch v. Freedman

This is an appeal by the defendants from an order entered by the court on August 3, 1937, finding the defendants guilty of misconduct and misbehavior as officers of the county court of Cook county and of contempt of court while acting as judges and clerks of election at a primary held on April 14, 1936, in the 47th precinct, of the 20th ward in Chicago, county of Cook and State of Illinois, and sentencing Max Freedman and Jack Werner for contempt of court to one year in the county jail, and Henry Lieberman to six months in the county jail.

A verified petition was filed by the chief clerk of…