State v. Robitshek
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal from an order of the municipal court of Minneapolis, Holt, J., denying a motion for a new trial. Upon the complaint of a private individual, defendant was arraigned and found guilty of the offense of keeping his saloon for selling, liquor open on Sunday, after a former conviction for a similar offense.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
We are required in this case to determine the validity of that part of a section of an ordinance of the city of Min*124neapolis which provides that “no prosecution shall be commenced for the violation of this section or any provision thereof except upon complaint of a police officer of said city”; the court below having -disregarded such condition, and allowed a private individual to make the complaint on which defendant was tried and convicted of a violation of one of the provisions of the section. The question is whether the city council had the power to enact this clause, and thus prohibit its…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State v. LeeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
- State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
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- City of Mankato v. ArnoldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- City of St. Paul v. SmithSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
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