The People v. Siegal

Plaintiff in error, Frank Siegal, has sued out this writ of error to review a judgment of the criminal court of Cook County, which sentenced him to ten days in the county jail for an alleged direct criminal contempt of that court. Plaintiff in error claims the summary procedure adopted by the trial court violated the due-process clauses of the State and Federal constitutions.

Section 14 of division XV of the Criminal Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1945, chap. 38, par. 780½,) provides that a writ of error in all criminal cases below the grade of felony shall be sued out of the appropriate Appellate…