Hill v. Crandall
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Josiah McRoberts, Judge, presiding. This was an action of trespass, brought in the court below by Hill against Crandall.
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Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Josiah McRoberts, Judge, presiding. This was an action of trespass, brought in the court below by Hill against Crandall. The first count in the declaration alleged that on the 21st day of August, A. D. 1868, at the county of Will aforesaid, the said Edward W. Crandall, then and there being a justice of the peace in and for said Will county, then and there, without any authority of law, issued a certain writ against the body of said plaintiff, as follows: [[Image here]] The People of the State of Illinois to the Sheriff of said…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
That the plaintiff in this case, as it is presented by the record, was guilty of contempt in open court, admits of no controversy, and the magistrate would have himself been censurable if he had failed to punish. The use of such indecorous language to a court as is set forth in this record would be inexcusable in any one, and is least excusable in an attorney at law, whose profession should be a sufficient guaranty of respectful deportment to even the humblest judicial tribunal.
The only question in this record admitting of debate is, whether the justice had the power to direct his warrant to…
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