People Ex Rel. Rusch v. Wortman

Tina Wortman and Leona Coiné, two women who served as judge and clerk, respectively, in the twelfth precinct of the twentieth ward of the city of Chicago in the election held on November 2, 1926, upon petition of John S. Rusch, chief clerk of the board of election commissioners of the city of Chicago, were ruled by the county court of Cook county to show cause why they should not be adjudged guilty of contempt of court for misbehavior in their respective offices at such election. They were adjudged guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for one year. The…