People v. Severinghaus

Plaintiff in error, Milton G. Severinghaus, was found guilty by the criminal court of Cook county of having committed a contempt of the court on November 13, 1922. The judgment and sentence of the court were that he serve a term of ninety days in the county jail of Cook county. A writ of error has been prosecuted directly to this court, as constitutional questions were raised and presented to the lower court for its decision, pending the proceedings in that court.

This proceeding was instituted and prosecuted by I. T. Greenacre, an attorney at law, by filing an information November 16, 1922,…