State v. Kacin

A complaint was filed against Alois Kacin in the county court for Colfax county wherein he was charged with having unlawfully sold, on or about May 17, 1931, a quantity of intoxicating liquor. The defendant moved for a jury trial, but his motion was denied. Thereupon the court imposed a fine of $100 and costs. Subsequently defendant’s counsel filed a petition in error in the district court for Colfax county and the court there held that the county court erred in refusing to grant a jury trial pursuant to the defendant’s request. The court thereupon entered an order discharging the defendant.…