People ex rel. Rusch v. Savaiano

Under section 13 of art. 2 of Election Laws, (ch. 46, IT 267, Ill. State Bar Stats. 1935; Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 43.277), a proceeding was begun in the county court of Cook county in and by which the ‘ respondents were charged with misconduct as judges and clerks in a primary election in the 31st precinct of the 20th ward in the city of Chicago, held on April 14, 1936. Each was found guilty of contempt of court, and each was sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail of Cook county for a term of one year. This is an appeal by each of the respondents from the judgment and order by which they…