People ex rel. Rusch v. Levin

This is an appeal by the respondents, who were found guilty of contempt for misconduct and misbehavior as officers of the Cook county court. Henry Levin, one of the judges of election was sentenced to 18 months in the county jail. Minnie Hirsch and Lillian Rothstein, the other two judges, were each sentenced to six months in the county jail, and the two clerks of election, Bertha Schallman and Joseph Rosenfeld, were each sentenced to 90 days in the county jail.

At a primary election held in Chicago on April 12, 1938, the five respondents served as judges and clerks of election in the 35th…