People v. District Court of Lake County

No argument is necessary to show that, if petitioners are entitled to any relief in this cause, prohibition is the proper proceeding therefor. The Court below has taken jurisdiction of the contempt case; it has tried petitioners and adjudged them guilty of contempt; it has deferred sentence, but threatens to pronounce the same. There is no final judgment subject to review in this Court by appeal, by writ of error or by certiorari. No imprisonment has followed a sentence pronounced, and relief by habeas corpus cannot be invoked. Yet imprisonment may be a part of the sentence, and before aid…