State v. Charles
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The defendant was indicted in the district court for Ramsey county, for keeping a house of ill-fame, resorted to for purposes of prostitution, in the city of Saint Paul. A demurrer to the indictment was overruled; and thereupon the defendant interposed the following pleas: “The defendant pleads that she is not guilty of the offense charged in the indictment.
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The defendant was indicted in the district court for Ramsey county, for keeping a house of ill-fame, resorted to for purposes of prostitution, in the city of Saint Paul. A demurrer to the indictment was overruled; and thereupon the defendant interposed the following pleas: “The defendant pleads that she is not guilty of the offense charged in the indictment. And for a second and further plea, the defendant pleads and says: That under and pursuant to the Act of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota, entitled ‘ An Act to reduce the Law incorporating the City of St. Paul, in the County of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court
Ripley, Ch. J.
The district court was right in overruling defendant’s motion to quash the indictment for the alleged reason, that the city justice of St. Paul had exclusive original jurisdiction of the offense charged therein.
The offense charged is against Gen. Stat. oh. 100, seo. 9., The city justice is a justice of the peace. City Oh., ch. 2, seo. 2. The legislature could not, therefore, confer pirisdiction on him over offenses against said statute. Const, art. 6, seo. 8.
*477The further point is made, that by the act to reduce the law incorporating the city of St. Paul, and the…
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