Nicholls v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
EEEOE to the Circuit Court for Jaolcson County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: The plaintiff in error was tried and convicted of the offense charged in the second count of the information, to the effect that July 25, 1885, at the county of Jackson, in said state, tbe said Nicholls, the freight and express car of the American Express Company there situate, then and there unlawfully, feloniously, and burglariously did break and enter,…
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EEEOE to the Circuit Court for Jaolcson County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: The plaintiff in error was tried and convicted of the offense charged in the second count of the information, to the effect that July 25, 1885, at the county of Jackson, in said state, tbe said Nicholls, the freight and express car of the American Express Company there situate, then and there unlawfully, feloniously, and burglariously did break and enter, with intent then and there the goods, chattels, and property of the said American Express Company, then and there in…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
There is undisputed testimony on the part of the state to the effect that Saturday, July 25, 1885, the plaintiff in error was stopping at a hotel in Black River Falls, having his name registered as W. FI. Eldredge, and a room assigned him opposite thereto. He had then been there about three days. In the afternoon of the day named he had a box or chest taken from the depot to his room, weighing about 150 pounds. No evidence was given as to what was in it. About three o’clock in the afternoon of the same day he arranged with the local express agent for the sending of a box to Chicago, then at…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- State v. McCallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1843
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- Ex parte VincentSupreme Court of Alabama · 1855
- Commonwealth v. ReynoldsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Hinton v. Cream City RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1886
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