State Ex Rel. Nichols v. Anderson

Relator, arrested and arraigned before respondent, a judge of the municipal court of the city of Minneapolis, upon a complaint charging him with wrongfully and unlawfully maintaining a gambling house within said city, pleaded not guilty and thereupon seasonably filed and served an affidavit of prejudice against respondent, in a form prescribed by 3 Mason Minn. St. 1938 Supp. § 9221. Respondent, being of the opinion that said section does not apply to the municipal court of the city of Minneapolis, disregarded the affidavit. Relator petitions this court for a writ of prohibition.

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