State v. Enger

Upon tbe complaint of a private citizen, defendant was convicted of selling liquor on Sunday, in violation of an ordinance of tbe city of Minneapolis. On appeal tbe objection is made that by the terms of tbe ordinance approved April 1, 1889, it was provided that no prosecution under tbe same should be commenced, “except upon complaint of a police officer of said city,” and under tbe rule laid down in State v. Robitshek, 60 Minn. 123, 61 N. W. 1023, a prosecution upon the complaint of a private citizen could not be sustained.

This contention, were it not for tbe general law referred to…