The People v. Tavernier

The criminal court of Cook county adjudged plaintiff in error guilty of direct contempt and ordered that he be imprisoned in the county jail for six months and fined $1000 and that if the fine was not paid he work the same out in the house of correction at the rate of $1.50 per day. The Appellate Court affirmed the order and a writ of error has been sued out of this court for a further review.

There was but one occurrence in the trial court out of which the alleged contempt arose. On June 17, 1942, a case entitled People v. Edward L. White et al., was on trial and plaintiff in error was called…