People v. Harrington

This writ of error is sued out to reverse an order entered by Judge Green, one of the judges of the municipal court of Chicago, adjudging Joseph T. Harrington, an attorney at law (hereinafter referred to as defendant), guilty of a direct contempt of court and sentencing him to confinement in the county jail of Cook county for the term of two days.

The material part of the judgment order, entered November 15,1938, reads as follows:

“That on this day, during a-regular session of this Court duly convened, while the court was in open session in Branch No. 44 in the Criminal Court House of Cook…