Quigley v. City of Aurora

On Petition eoe a Rehearing.

Buskirk, J.

We are asked to grant a rehearing in this case, upon the ground that it is not a civil but a criminal cause. Section 19 of the city charter, 3 Ind. Stat. 69, gives an action to recover a penalty for the violation of a city ordinance, and provides that the process shall be a warrant, and that the person named therein may be arrested and retained in custody, or under reasonable recognizance, until the next sitting of the city court.

It is also provided by section 20 of said act, that if the penalty or forfeiture, in which judgment is obtained, is not paid…