People ex rel. Jeske v. Burke

This matter comes to us on a record containing the pleadings and an order of the county court finding the plaintiff in error, defendant below, William Burke, guilty of contempt of court and ordering him committed to the custody of the sheriff. There is no bill of exceptions although it apears from the commitment order that evidence was heard at the hearing of the cause, and the order of the court appears to be based upon that testimony.

It follows, necessarily, that while an order of court adjudging a defendant guilty should be carefully scanned for the purpose of finding that the court had…