People ex rel. Bain v. Feinberg

Mr. Presiding Justice O’Connor

delivered the opinion of the court.

By leave of court Robert A. Bain filed his petition in this court, praying that a writ of mandamus issue commanding the respondent to sign a bill of exceptions to show what was said and done in a matter or proceeding pending before the respondent as a judge of the circuit court of Cook county, wherein the respondent was sitting as an examining magistrate in an endeavor to discover assets of a certain corporation and in which Robert A. Bain was held to be in contempt of court and for such contempt was committed to the county-jail…