People v. Pomeroy

Plaintiff in error, Paul Pomeroy, was fined $100 and sentenced to one day in the county jail of Cook County for an alleged direct contempt of the superior court of Cook County before Julius J. Hoffman, a judge of that court. Claiming that the court’s procedure denied him due process of law as guaranteed by the State and Federal constitutions, and that it invaded certain other of his constitutional rights, plaintiff in error, by this writ of error, seeks direct review by this court. The constitutional issues presented were raised and passed upon in the trial court when it denied plaintiff in…