People v. Berof

Hr. Justice O’Connor

specially concurring: In People ex rel. Bain v. Feinberg, 266 Ill. App. 306, we held that where one is found guilty of a direct contempt of court, criminal in nature, committed in the presence of the court, a bill of exceptions (now a report of the proceedings of the trial) had no proper place in the record and that the sufficiency of the commitment must be determined from the order or judgment alone. In People v. LaScola, 282 Ill. App. 328, in which the charge was that LaScola was guilty of a direct contempt of court, criminal in its nature, we held that it was improper…