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      "Daniel K. Pearsons et al. v. William Jarvis Jones et al. Carl V. Wisner, Appellant, v. Henry W. Leman, Appellee."
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        "text": "Mr. Justice McSurely\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nCarl V. Wisner, an attorney at law practicing at this bar, seeks by an appeal to have this court review the action of the chancellor in finding him guilty of contempt and imposing punishment therefor. The finding of the court was made upon a showing by certificates of a master in chancery touching the conduct of the attorney, Wisner, during the taking of testimony before the master, and upon the answers of Wisner seeking to justify his conduct.\nThe alleged contempt consisted solely of the misconduct of the attorney during the taking of testimony before the master. It therefore is a criminal rather than a civil contempt. In The People v. Diedrich, 141 Ill. 665 (669), the court said:\n\u201cProsecutions for contempt are of two kinds. When instituted for the purpose of punishing a person for misconduct in the presence of the court, or with respect to its authority or dignity, it is criminal in its nature. When put upon foot for the purpose of affording relief between parties to a cause in chancery it is civil\u2014sometimes called remedial. Numerous authorities could be cited in support of this distinction, but the decisions of this court leave no doubt on the subject.\u201d\nThis being true, it follows, in our opinion, that this matter is not properly before us by an appeal in the case in which the contempt is alleged to have been committed during the taking of testimony. The case before us is entitled \u201cDaniel K. Pearsons et al. vs. William Jarvis Jones et al.,\u201d with the additional title of \u201c Carl V. Wisner, Appellant, vs. Henry W. Leman, Appellee.\u201d Leman does not appear here, and the record discloses him to have been a witness who testified before the master. He could not properly appear here as a party. Neither does anyone else appear as appellee., and indeed We can conceive of no one who could properly appear in this court as appellee in this cause. The proper opposing party is The People, and this court can only review the action of the trial court When such action is brought here by writ of error, after proper notice to the representative of The People.\nIn Rawson v. Rawson, 35 Ill. App. 505 (508), the late Judge Moran, speaking for the court, said: \u201cWhere the punishment is inflated for an offense offered to the dignity of the court, as for words or acts in the presence of the court insulting to the judge or in violation of the proper order, and decorum of the court room, there the people come to demand judgment and punishment, and there the order and all the proceedings should be in their name.\u201d\nAmong the many cases cited by counsel, and the many which we have examined in the books, we do not find a single one where a criminal contempt was reviewed by an appellate court upon appeal.\nWe do not pass upon the merits of this matter or upon the many points discussed by counsel, for the reason, as above indicated, that we hold this cause is not properly before us and that in our opinion the appeal should be dismissed.\nAppeal dismissed.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice McSurely"
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    "attorneys": [
      "William R. Moss, for appellant.",
      "No appearance for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Daniel K. Pearsons et al. v. William Jarvis Jones et al. Carl V. Wisner, Appellant, v. Henry W. Leman, Appellee.\nGen. No. 16,471.\n. 1. Contempts\u2014when criminal in character. Misconduct of an at-' torney during the taking of testimony before a master in chancery constitutes a criminal rather than a civil contempt.\n2. Contempts\u2014how criminal contempts reviewed. The proceedings had in a prosecution for a criminal contempt can only be reviewed by writ of error.\n3. Contempts\u2014how criminal should he prosecuted. Criminal con-tempts should be prosecuted in the name of and by the people.\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas Gr. Windes, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1910.\nDismissed.\nOpinion filed April 25, 1912.\nWilliam R. Moss, for appellant.\nNo appearance for appellee."
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