People v. O'Meara
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal-from the Probate Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henby Hobneb, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holdom
This is an appeal from an order committing appellant to imprisonment for 30 days for contempt of court committed in the presence of the court.
This is a criminal contempt and so conceded to be by all the parties to the record.
Appellant urges that this being a criminal contempt, the proceedings must be prosecuted in the name of the People of the Staté. All the proceedings, including the order of commitment, are entitled in the name of the People, so this contention has no force. Such is the orderly course of procedure under article VI, sec. 33 of the present constitution as held by many…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Rawson v. RawsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1890
- Oster v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- French v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Stuart v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1842
- People v. JohnsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
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