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      "The People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DeWright Baxter, Defendant-Appellant."
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        "text": "Mr. JUSTICE McGLOON\ndelivered the opinion of the court:\nThis is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Cook County finding defendant, DeWright Raxter, guilty of direct criminal contempt of court. The trial judge, on the finding, sentenced the defendant to one year in the House of Correction.\nThe only issue raised on appeal is whether the order of contempt set forth the facts out of which the contempt arose as is required.\nWe affirm.\nThe defendant filed pro se a petition for substitution of judge and attorney in a criminal action in which he was defendant. Subsequently, the matter of the petition was heard by the trial judge who read it in open court where the defendant acknowledged that he had indeed written the petition, signed it and affirmed its contents.\nAmong other things, the petition charged that the court was acting as a \u201cKu KIux Klan, Gestapo Setup, Jim Crow Justice and a Crime Syndicate * * *.\u201d And \u201cto go into a conspiracy with my attorney to save face in a fraud.\u201d\nThe court then immediately ordered that since \u201cthis petition constitutes a direct criminal contempt upon the dignity and integrity of this Court * # * this defendant is hereby found guilty of direct criminal contempt of Court * *\nA contempt order which does not set out specific facts may include matters by reference, which matters are to be considered as a part of the order upon review. (People v. Tavernier, 384 Ill. 388, 51 N.E.2d 528; People v. DeStefano, 64 Ill.App.2d 368, 212 N.E.2d 368, cert. den. 385 U.S. 989.) The order clearly refers to the petition as the grounds for the finding of contempt.\nIn any event, where the record on review contains the specific matter which is the subject of the contempt, the reviewing court may look at such record. In re Dunagan, 80 Ill.App.2d 117, 225 N.E.2d 119.\nThe conviction for direct criminal contempt is affirmed.\nJudgment affirmed.\nMcNAMARA, P. J., and DEMPSEY, J\u201e concur.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, for appellant.",
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    "head_matter": "The People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DeWright Baxter, Defendant-Appellant.\n(No. 53278;\nFirst District\nJanuary 21, 1971.\nGerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, for appellant.\nEdward V. Hanrahan, States Attorney, of Chicago, for appellee."
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