The PEOPLE v. Sleezer

A judgment of the circuit court of LaSalle County found the respondent, Taylor Wilhelm, guilty of criminal contempt and sentenced him to jail for 30 days. The Appellate Court affirmed, (8 Ill. App.2d 12,) and respondent prosecutes this writ of error.

The charge against Wilhelm is that he was the attorney for Charles Sleezer in a prosecution for grand larceny and bribery, and that when the case was called for trial he obstructed the administration of justice by falsely representing that he was not Sleezer’s attorney, thus making it appear that Sleezer was without counsel so that it was…