State ex rel. Sandquist v. District Court
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon the relation of E. E. SancLquist the supreme court granted its writ of certiorari directed to the district court for Blue Earth county to review the proceedings in that court, Comstock, J., convicting relator of contempt of court.
1Opinion of the Court
Lees, C.
Relator was convicted of a contempt of court not committed in the presence of the court, fined $50 and committed to jail for 30 days in default of the payment of the fine.
The case is brought here by writ of certiorari. The court permitted the state to call the relator for cross-examination under the statute and to examine him as a witness against himself. This is assigned as error, and we are of the opinion that it was and that there must be a reversal on this ground.
Relator was arrested on the complaint of the mother of a girl 17 years old, charging him with the crime of having…
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