THE PEOPLE v. HATHAWAY

Nos. 37515-7.

27 Ill.2d 615 (1963)

190 N.E.2d 332

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. WALTER E. HATHAWAY et al., Plaintiffs in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 29, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRANCIS X. RILEY, of Chicago, (RICHARD V. HOUPT, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

NICHOLAS T. KITSOS, of Chicago, for amicus curiae.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

Writs of error have been consolidated here for the purpose of reviewing judgments finding Walter E. Hathaway, Paul D. Coffman and Irving Carlson, guilty of indirect criminal contempt of the village court of the village of Maywood, Cook County, arising out of the publication of a certain letter in Proviso Star-Sentinel critical of the village court of Maywood.

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