Wiggins v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. W. Farwell, Judge, presiding. This was a suit, brought by the city of Chicago against David Wiggins, to recover the penalty for violating the provisions of an ordinance relating to auctioneers in the city.
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Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. W. Farwell, Judge, presiding. This was a suit, brought by the city of Chicago against David Wiggins, to recover the penalty for violating the provisions of an ordinance relating to auctioneers in the city. The ordinance required that all sales of goods, chattels, or personal property at public auction, except when made under legal process, should be made by an auctioneer, his co-partner or clerk, who should first have obtained a license, under the hand of the mayor and- seal of the city, and have paid to the city collector at the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
The first question presented is, whether the criminal court of Cook county had jurisdiction over the subject matter of the appeal prosecuted from the justice of the peace. It is a matter of no consequence how the case was transferred from the police magistrate Scully to the police magistrate Banyon, as appellant appeared before the latter, and went to trial, and appealed the case to the criminal court. The magistrate having jurisdiction of the subject matter of the suit, there can not be the slightest question that he also acquired jurisdiction of the person of appellant, when he entered his…
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