Allen v. City of Monmouth
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Warren county; the Hon. John S. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Catharine M. Allen was sued before a police magistrate, for a violation of the ordinances of the city of Monmouth, when a judgment was rendered against her on the 28th of May, 1863, from which judgment she appealed to the Circuit Court of Warren county, on the same day, and the transcript and papers were left with the clerk of the Circuit Court, on the 2d day of June thereafter.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Warren county; the Hon. John S. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Catharine M. Allen was sued before a police magistrate, for a violation of the ordinances of the city of Monmouth, when a judgment was rendered against her on the 28th of May, 1863, from which judgment she appealed to the Circuit Court of Warren county, on the same day, and the transcript and papers were left with the clerk of the Circuit Court, on the 2d day of June thereafter. She perfected the appeal before the magistrate. On the 27th of October, 1864, the defendant was called and defaulted, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was a prosecution before the police magistrate of the city of Monmouth, in the county of Warren, for a violation of certain ordinances of that city. The magistrate found the defendant guilty and rendered a judgment against her, from which she took an appeal to the Circuit Court, executing the appeal bond before the magistrate. The transcript and papers were duly sent up to the Circuit Court on the 2d day of June, 1863, the conviction having been had on the 28th day of May preceding.
When the cause was regularly called for trial in the Circuit Court, at the October term thereafter, and no…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Boyd v. KocherIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
3Cited by2 opinions
- Bessey v. RuhlandAppellate Court of Illinois · 1889
- Ficklin v. OlmstedAppellate Court of Illinois · 1897