Storey v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding, in the name of the People, in the criminal court of Cook county, against Wilbur F. Storey, for contempt of court, in the publication of certain articles in “The Chicago Times,” reflecting upon the action of the grand jury in finding indictments against him in said court.
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Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding, in the name of the People, in the criminal court of Cook county, against Wilbur F. Storey, for contempt of court, in the publication of certain articles in “The Chicago Times,” reflecting upon the action of the grand jury in finding indictments against him in said court. The court below found the defendant guilty, and sentenced him to imprisonment in the county jail. The defendant brings the case here by writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
The several articles copied into the information, censure the action of the grand jury, and question its integrity, as a body, and one 'of them indirectly attacks the moral character of certain of the members of the grand jury. The information charges that these articles were published while the grand jury was in session, and, also, that respondent was charged w7ith certain crimes and offenses, which were heard by the grand jury; but it is not alleged that the crimes and offenses so charged were pending before the grand jury for its action, at or subsequent to the time of the publication of…
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