State Ex Rel. Connolly v. Parks

Hilton, Justice.

This matter is before us upon the return to a writ of prohibition issued to the Honorable Clayton Parks, one of the judges of the municipal court of the city of St. Paul, ordering him to show cause why the writ should not be made absolute. The question involved is the right of the respondent to grant a jury trial to one Neis Damsgaard, who was charged with the offense of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of St. Paul Ordinance No. 6856, § 3, or to any other person charged with a similar offense. Respondent granted the demand…