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PEOPLE v. HARRISON

Nos. 30822, 30823, 30824.

403 Ill. 320 (1949)

86 N.E.2d 208

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ERNEST A. HARRISON et al., Plaintiffs in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 19, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM L. KELLEY, of Chicago, (HUGH M. MATCHETT, of counsel,) for plaintiffs in error.

GEORGE F. BARRETT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN S. BOYLE, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (GORDON B. NASH, MELVIN F. WINGERSKY, GEORGE B. DUGGAN, JACOB L. SHEER, and JOHN J. COGAN, JR., all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgments reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Three separate judgments entered by the superior court of Cook County found Ernest A. Harrison, Jeanette Harrison, and Joseph Harrison guilty of direct criminal contempt of that court because of alleged perjured testimony given during a divorce proceeding. Ernest Harrison was sentenced to thirty days in the county jail, while the other two named were given sentences of ten days. Each...

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