The People v. Rosenthal

Jules Rosenthal and Martin Even were found guilty of contempt by the criminal court of Cook county, and sentenced, respectively, to three and five days in the county jail. The Appellate Court for the First District affirmed those judgments, and Rosenthal and Even have sued out separate writs of error here. The cases have been consolidated for hearing.

On April 7, 1937, the State’s attorney of Cook county, by an assistant, filed an information charging contempt against the twelve jurors who served in the Frank V. Zintak trial, which began January 5, 1937. The information charged that Rosenthal,…