State ex rel. Hogan v. Sullivan
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon petition of William Hogan, the district court for Polk county issued its writ of habeas corpus directed to P. J. Sullivan, as chief of police of the city of East Grand Forks.
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Upon petition of William Hogan, the district court for Polk county issued its writ of habeas corpus directed to P. J. Sullivan, as chief of police of the city of East Grand Forks. The return certified that William Hogan was taken and kept in custody by virtue of a criminal warrant, issued by the municipal court of the city of East Grand Eorks, directing the arrest of relator for selling eight gallons of beer to a certain firm without having obtained a license so to sell such malt liquor, and contrary to a certain quoted ordinance of said city. Helator demurred to the return. The matter was…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
Appeal from an order of the district court of the county of Polk discharging the relator, on habeas corpus, from the custody of the appellant as chief of police of the city of East Grand Forks, which is a city organized under Laws 1895, p. 16, c. 8.
*330The city, by its common council, enacted an ordinance purporting to license and regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors, within the corporate limits, sold at wholesale; that is in quantities greater than five gallons. The relator was charged with a violation of the ordinance, arrested, and detained by the appellant by virtue of a warrant issued…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State ex rel. Young v. Minnesota ClubSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- State v. OrthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
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- State v. FullertonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
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