City of Anchorage v. Anderson

FOLTA, District Judge.

The question presented is whether an appeal to this Court from a judgment of conviction of a municipal court may be dismissed for failure of the defendant to appear for trial.

Defendant was convicted on March 21, 1951, of operating a business without the license required by an Ordinance of the City of Anchorage, and sentenced to pay a fine of $5. He appealed to this Court which, upon his failure to appear for trial, ordered his bail of $100 forfeited, dismissed the appeal and gave judgment as in the Court below, as apparently required by Section 69-6-9, A.C.L.A. 1949,…