State v. Sobczak

Knutson, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the municipal court of Duluth finding defendant guilty of drunkenness.

The facts may be briefly stated. On December 23, 1959, defendant arrived at his home shortly before 1:24 a. m. Following a quarrel, he struck his wife. Her daughter by a prior marriage, defendant’s stepdaughter, interceded in behalf of her mother and knocked defendant to the floor. Wife and stepdaughter then ran next door and called the police. In answer to this call, four officers arrived at defendant’s home. After talking to defendant’s wife a short time, two of them…