State ex rel. Larson v. District Court
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Motion for an order tbat a writ of prohibition issue to the district court of Watonwan county, the Honorable M. J. Severance, judge of said court, and Ashley Coffman, Esq., county attorney of said county, commanding them to desist from all further proceedings in a certain action.
1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.
Relator petitioned this court that a writ of prohibition issue to said district court. The petitioner was charged before a justice of the peace with the crime of assault, pleaded not guilty, was tried by a jury, found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine, or, on default of payment, to be imprisoned in the county jail. She thereupon appealed to the district court on questions of both law and fact. The return was duly filed, and, on the first day of the next general term of the district court, she moved that court to dismiss the proceeding, on the ground that the justice of the peace never had…
2Cited by1 opinion
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