Bigelow v. Village of Kewanee

Appellant was prosecuted before a justice of the peace for a violation of an ordinance of the village of Kewanee, and a fine of §25 was assessed against him. He appealed to the Circuit Court of Henry county, where the case was pending for trial at the special March term, 1885. When the case was called for trial, on the 2d day of April, neither he nor his attorney appeared, and thereupon, on motion of the Village of Kewanee, plaintiff below and appellee here, the appeal was dismissed for want of prosecution, at the cost of appellant, and procedendo awarded.

On a subsequent day of the term, a…