Caldwell v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Laramie County. Frank Caldwell, having been convicted of a felony and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, filed his petition in error for the review of the judgment April 28, 1902. On May 25, 1903, no briefs having been filed, and no extension of time, therefor allowed, the court of its own motion dismissed the cause for want of prosecution.
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Error to the District Court, Laramie County. Frank Caldwell, having been convicted of a felony and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, filed his petition in error for the review of the judgment April 28, 1902. On May 25, 1903, no briefs having been filed, and no extension of time, therefor allowed, the court of its own motion dismissed the cause for want of prosecution. A motion was subsequently filed for the reinstatement of the cause, on the ground that the delay in the prosecution had been caused by the neglect of counsel. Hearing was had on that motion. Certain forms of…
1Opinion of the Court
Corn, Ci-iiee Justice.
On May 25th, 1903, the petition in error in this case was dismissed by this court, upon its own -motion, for want -of prosecution, and, on August 20th, 1903, the plaintiff in error filed his motion asking that the case be reinstated. The ground of the motion is, substantially, that plaintiff in error, who is in the penitentiary upon a conviction for a felony in this case, employed and paid counsel to prosecute his proceedings in error, but that such former counsel utterly neglected his interests and has finally left the State. The Attorney General calls attention to the…
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