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PEOPLE v. WHITE

Gen. No. 46,788.

8 Ill. App.2d 428 (1956)

131 N.E.2d 803

People of State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Charles F. White, Plaintiff in Error.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

Released for publication February 24, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Fleming, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error; Charles F. White, pro se, of Chicago, plaintiff in error.

John Gutknecht, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago, for defendant in error; Gordon Nash, Charles D. Snewind, Francis X. Riley, and William Sylvester White, Assistant State's Attorneys, all of Chicago, of counsel.

JUDGE FEINBERG delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff in error, a member of the bar, appeals from an order finding him guilty of direct contempt of court and assessing a fine of $100 against him.

The finding of contempt is predicated upon his refusal to comply with a verbal direction of the court to produce a photostatic copy of a witness's statement. There was on trial before the court a personal injury suit against the Pennsylvania Railroad, plaintiff...

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