State v. Boulton

1. Under the doctrine of State v. Prickett, 217 Minn. 629, 15 N. W. (2d) 95 (see, Id. 221 Minn. 179, 21 N. W. [2d] 474), a defendant upon appeal to the district court from a judgment of a justice of the peace convicting him of a criminal offense, whether it be upon a finding of guilt or his own voluntary plea of guilty, is entitled under the provisions of the statute governing appeals in such cases to a trial de novo the same as if the prosecution had been originally commenced in the district court and absolutely without regard to what took place in justice court. There, defendant entered a…