418 - Proceedings, if defendant does not appear.

§  418.  Proceedings,  if  defendant does not appear. If the defendant  does not appear, the court, upon proof  of  service  or  publication  as  provided  in  the last two sections, may of its own motion, or for cause  shown, assign another day or place for hearing the impeachment;  or  may  then,  or at any other time which it may appoint, proceed in the absence  of the defendant, to trial and judgment.