City of Virginia v. Erickson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Gust Erickson was convicted in the municipal court of the city of Virginia of violating Ordinance No. 180 of that city, prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors, and committed to the custody of the chief of police. Upon the relation of Erickson the district court for St. Louis county granted its writ of habeas corpus directed to the chief. At the hearing the prisoner was remanded, Freeman, J. From the order remanding him, relator appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Dibell, C.
The relator was convicted in the municipal court of the city of Virginia, St. Louis county, of the violation of an ordinance prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors within the city limits and in default of the payment of a fine imposed he was committed to the custody of the respondent, the chief of police. Claiming that the ordinance was invalid he procured a writ of habeas corpus from the district court. Upon the hearing the ordinance was sustained, the relator was remanded, and he appeals.
1. Virginia is governed by a home rule charter adopted prior to the local option law of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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