People ex rel. Thoney v. Sylvester

delivered the opinion of the court. .

Plaintiffs in error, Sylvester and Menet, were judges, and Carpino, a clerk of election, and acted as such at a general aldermanic election held in the city of Chicago, February 24, 1925.

Upon a proceeding based on section 13 of Article II of the City Election Act (Cahill’s St. ch. 46, 267) said plaintiffs in error were adjudged guilty of contempt of the county court and ordered committed to the county jail for six months each. This writ seeks a review and reversal of that order.

On a petition by relator setting forth substantially that while acting as such…