Reversed and remanded.
Mr. JUSTICE LEIGHTON delivered the opinion of the court:
This is an appeal from an order that found defendant guilty of direct criminal contempt and sentenced him to four months confinement in the Chicago House of Correction. Three issues are presented. However, the one decisive of this appeal is whether the trial judge erred when, before entering the contempt order, he heard evidence of what the defendant did outside the court's presence...
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