The People v. Sherwin

Lionel A. Sherwin is a practicing attorney in Chicago. On July 15, 1932, Philip J. Finnegan, sitting as a judge of the circuit court of Cook county, adjudged Sherwin guilty of a direct contempt of court and ordered him imprisoned in the county jail of said county for a period of fifteen days. A writ of error was prosecuted in the Appellate Court, where the judgment was affirmed. A writ of error out of this court brings the record here for review.

The pertinent facts as shown by the order of commitment are, that on June 28, 1932, there was pending in the circuit court a proceeding in equity…