PEOPLE v. LOUGHRAN

No. 32942.

2 Ill.2d 258 (1954)

118 N.E.2d 310

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. FRANCIS J. LOUGHRAN, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 17, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN F. TYRRELL, and DANIEL D. GLASSER, both of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and FRANK H. MASTERS, JR., State's Attorney, of Joliet, (FRED G. LEACH, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE MAXWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Francis J. Loughran, an attorney at law licensed by this court, brings writ of error to review a judgment of the circuit court of Will County, sentencing him to three days in the county jail for an alleged direct criminal contempt of that court. The court's judgment is based upon plaintiff in error's conduct as defense attorney...

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