Provenzale v. Provenzale

Mr. Presiding Justice Tuohy

delivered the opinion of the court.

Daniel Lardino, plaintiff in error, sued out a writ of error to review an order finding him guilty of a direct contempt of court and sentencing him to serve 60 days in the County Jail of Cook County. The alleged contempt arises out of an affray between plaintiff in error and Frank Provenzale, the divorced husband of plaintiff in error’s sister Josephine, which occurred in the corridor outside the courtroom occupied by Honorable Julius J. Hoffman, Judge of the Superior Court of Cook County. Lardino, Frank and Josephine Provenzale…