State Ex Rel. Strupp v. Anderson

After a summary trial before a justice of tbe peace, a conviction of unlawfully selling intoxicating liquor in the city of Bed Wing and a sentence to imprisonment for 60 days, the relator procured a writ of habeas corpus from the district court. Upon hearing, the writ was discharged and relator appeals. The arguments advanced in his behalf will be disposed of in their order, our only problem being to determine whether there was jurisdiction for the trial, conviction and sentence challenged by the writ.

The conviction was for violation of an ordinance entitled: “To restrain, prevent and…