People v. Boyle

The plaintiff in error was adjudged guilty of contempt of court for his refusal to testify before the grand jury of Lake county empaneled at the March, 1923, term of the circuit court of that county, in an investigation by that body to determine whether Edward Kaufman, Edward Courtney and John B. Fields were probably guilty of the crime of bribing jurors in the case of People v. Len Small, theretofore tried in that county. He was sentenced to the county-jail of Lake county for a term of six months, fined $100 and committed to jail until the fine and costs were paid. Pie has sued out a writ of…