State v. Mattson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant having been convicted in the municipal court of Renville of the crime of aiming a pistol at Otto Smith, a fine of $25 and costs was imposed and it was ordered that in default of payment defendant be committed to the common jail until the fine was paid, but not to exceed thirty days. From this judgment, defendant appealed on questions of law alone to the district court of Renville county.
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Defendant having been convicted in the municipal court of Renville of the crime of aiming a pistol at Otto Smith, a fine of $25 and costs was imposed and it was ordered that in default of payment defendant be committed to the common jail until the fine was paid, but not to exceed thirty days. From this judgment, defendant appealed on questions of law alone to the district court of Renville county. In the district court the defendant moved to dismiss the action and the plaintiff moved to dismiss the appeal. The court, Powers, J., ruled that the motion to dismiss the appeal took precedence of…
1Opinion of the CourtJagg Are, J.
The defendant, arrested on a warrant issued by the municipal court of the city of Renville, was found guilty and fined. Thereafter defendant filed a bond and recognizance on appeal, with due notice of appeal. The district court granted a motion of the state to dismiss the appeal because of the insufficiency of the bond.
The bond was conditioned that if the defendant should personally appear and prosecute the appeal with effect at a named term of the district court, to answer said appeal, and in the meantime to keep the peace, and not to depart thence without leave duly granted, etc. This *165bond…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. MattsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
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- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954