City of St. Paul v. Hitzmann

Otis, Justice.

This matter is before the court on a petition brought by the city of St. Paul to secure a writ of prohibition enjoining the St. Paul municipal court from granting the defendants jury trials in prosecutions for violating city ordinances. The only issue is whether defendants have been denied equal protection of the laws because the statute directs jury trials in the first instance for ordinance violations in all of the counties except Hennepin, Ramsey, and St. Louis, where that right is conferred only on appeal to the district court. On the authority of State v. Leininger, 286…