People ex rel. Butwill v. Butwill

By this writ of error defendant seeks to reverse a judgment entered March 19, 1941, finding him guilty of contempt of court and sentencing him to the county jail for one year. There has been no appearance in this court in support of the judgment.

The entire record, as is usual in cases of direct contempt, consists of the judgment order. It appears from it that on December 10, 1940, while the circuit court was in open session, there came on for trial before Judge Finnegah the case of Butwill v. Butwill, which was an action for divorce with counterclaim; that Charles Butwill and Walter Grlista…