THE PEOPLE v. GOSS

No. 33930.

10 Ill.2d 533 (1957)

141 N.E.2d 385

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. THOMAS D. GOSS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 20, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SOL R. FRIEDMAN & I.S. FRIEDMAN, both of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (GORDON B. NASH, CHARLES D. SNEWIND, WILLIAM SYLVESTER WHITE, and FRANCIS X. RILEY, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Per CURIAM:

Thomas D. Goss, also known as Thomas Duggan and herein referred to as plaintiff in error, brings this writ of error to reverse an order of the superior court of Cook County adjudging him guilty of contempt of court, and sentencing him to ten days in the county jail and a fine of $100. Our jurisdiction is based upon the claim that the order deprived him of the rights of free speech guaranteed by the first amendment to the...

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