Case Name: The People ex rel. John S. Rusch, Defendant in Error, vs. William Ford, Plaintiff in Error
Court: Illinois Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1936-04-17
Citations: 363 Ill. 340
Docket Number: No. 22937
Parties: The People ex rel. John S. Rusch, Defendant in Error, vs. William Ford, Plaintiff in Error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Reports
Volume: 363
Pages: 340–340

Head Matter:
(No. 22937.
The People ex rel. John S. Rusch, Defendant in Error, vs. William Ford, Plaintiff in Error.
Opinion filed April 17, 1936
Rehearing denied June 3, 1936.
Herrick, J., dissenting.
Wilson, J., took no part.
Charles A. Bellows, for plaintiff in error.
Otto Kerner, Attorney General, (J. J. Neiger, and John F. CasitEn, Jr., of counsel,) for defendant in error.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Farthing
delivered the opinion of the court:
The plaintiff in error, William Ford, who was a judge of an election held in Chicago on November 8, 1932, was found guilty of contempt of court by the county court of Cook county. The proceedings were had pursuant to the statute (46 S. H. A. art. 2, sec. 13,) which provides for the summary punishment of misbehavior by judges and clerks of election. The judgment against the plaintiff in error was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the First District, and the cause is here on writ of error.
Our decision in People v. Kotwas, (ante, p. 336,) controls the question presented, and for the reason there stated the writ of error will be dismissed. . .
Writ dismissed.