The People v. Rongetti

Plaintiff in error, Wm. Scott Stewart, was adjudged guilty of a direct contempt of court in the criminal court of Cook county and sentenced to imprisonment in the jail of that county for three months. The judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the First District, and the case comes to this court upon a writ of error.

The alleged direct contempts of court occurred during the trial of Dr. Amante Rongetti on an indictment charging him with murder by abortion. The judgment of conviction in that case was reversed by this court. (People v. Rongetti, 331 Ill. 581.) The trial judge advanced…