Dahnke v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry V. Freeman, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding against the plaintiff in error in the Superior Court of Cook county for contempt in interfering with the use of one of the court rooms in the court house of Cook county by Judge Henry V. Freeman, one of the judges of the Superior Court of said county.
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Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry V. Freeman, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding against the plaintiff in error in the Superior Court of Cook county for contempt in interfering with the use of one of the court rooms in the court house of Cook county by Judge Henry V. Freeman, one of the judges of the Superior Court of said county. Notice was given to plaintiff in error of an application for a writ of attachment for criminal contempt, based upon an affidavit showing the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
First—The first question, which arises in this case, is this: was the conduct of the plaintiff in error in locking the door of the court room during the period of adjournment, and refusing to allow the judge of the court, and his officers, and the parties to the suit on hearing before him, to enter the court room, a contempt?
In Stuart v. People, 3 Scam. 395, we held, that the power was inherent in every court of justice t:o defend itself when attacked, just as much as the individual man has a right to defend himself for his own preservation; and we also there held, that in the power to punish…
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- Dahnke v. PeopleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895
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