State v. Freitag

Petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus ordering the clerk and the judges of the Hennepin County Municipal Court and the Hennepin County District Court to allow his appeal to the Hennepin County District Court from a judgment of conviction entered July 3, 1968, whereby petitioner was found guilty of lurking with intent to commit the crime of burglary contrary to Minneapolis Code of Ordinances, § 870.050, and sentenced to 90 days in the workhouse. The main purpose of the proceedings is to permit the appeal to be taken without the necessity of filing a bond upon the ground that petitioner is an…