State Ex Rel. Hansen v. Rigg

Murphy, Justice.

Petitioner applied to the District Court of Washington County for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he was unlawfully restrained in the state prison at Stillwater. The district court issued its writ of habeas corpus, and the warden of the state prison filed a return stating that the petitioner was in his custody. According to the record the imprisonment resulted from the following circumstances:

On January 18, 1956, the petitioner was charged by complaint in the municipal court of the city of Mankato of fraudulently issuing a worthless check. The complaint alleged a gross…