The People v. Reynolds

A subpoena duces tecum to produce the books, records and correspondence of the Motion Picture Operators’ Union, Local No. 110, before the grand jury of the criminal court of Cook county was served upon Thomas J. Reynolds, the president of the union. Reynolds refused to obey the subpoena, was adjudged in contempt of court and fined $100. Assigning the invasion of certain constitutional rights, he prosecutes this writ of error for a review of the record.

On June 1, 1931, the State’s attorney of Cook county filed in the criminal court of that county a petition in which he alleged that the grand…