State Ex Rel. Dehning v. Rigg

Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.

Appeal from an order discharging a writ of habeas corpus. It appears from the record that Edward Dehning was arrested in Arizona prior to August 24, 1955, on a charge of willfully, unlawfully, wrongfully, and feloniously deserting and failing to support a wife while she was pregnant, with intent to wholly abandon her. He waived extradition and was returned to Marshall, Minnesota, and there imprisoned. On September 14, 1955, Dehning appeared before the district court on an application to plead guilty. His uncontradicted testimony is that, when he was brought into…