Legal Opinion
City of Seldovia v. Lund
District Court, D. Alaska
Decided February 7, 1956No. Cr. No. 3168PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCARREY, District Judge.
This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Magistrate’s Court of the City of Seldovia in which the defendant was found guilty of the crime of vagrancy and was sentenced to serve ten days in jail.
*383Under Alaskan law, the Municipal Magistrate has jurisdiction of all actions for violations of municipal ordinances, and appeals lie from his judgments to the United States District Court in the same manner as appeals from a justice of the peace. § 16-1-70, A.C.L.A.1949. Such eases are tried de novo. See United States v. Meyers, 1903, 2 Alaska 158; United States…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- State v. CohenNevada Supreme Court · 1921
- Roby v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
- Hanback v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1943
- Tropp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1920
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Felipe FerrerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
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- Jones v. PageCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1968
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