Clingen v. Harrison

The Circuit Court awarded a writ of mandamus in this case against James Gleason as General Superintendent of Police of the City of Chicago, directing him to issue a permit for the exhibition of a motion picture called “Magda, A Modern Madam X.” To the mandamus part of the order appellants do not complain. They do, however, complain against that part of the order which is in its terms injunctional, and they moved the trial court to expunge it from the order, which motion being denied, appellants prosecute this appeal.

That part of the order said to be erronébus is encompassed within the…