People ex rel. Rusch v. Worthman

Mr. Presiding Justice Holdom

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendants in this writ of error are of the female sex. They served respectively as a judge and a clerk of election in the 12th precinct of the 20th ward of the city of Chicago, at an election held on November 2, 1926. For misbehavior as such judge and clerk each of the defendants was on a finding of guilty of contempt of court sentenced to imprisonment in the common jail of Cook county, Illinois, for the term of one year from the date of commitment unless sooner discharged in due course of law.

The sole and only reason…