People Ex Rel. Swanson v. Sullivan

This is an original petition for mandamus filed by the State’s attorney of Cook county seeking to require the respondent, as judge of the criminal court of Cook county, to expunge from the records of that court certain orders entered therein by him. It appears from the petition that one Tom Gaublich was indicted by the grand jury of Cook county on the charge of crime against children; that on the 19th of April, 1929, he entered into a recognizance in open court in the sum of $2500, with Katherine Johnson as surety. The condition of the recognizance is, that if Gaublich should appear in the…