Finsky v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Error to review a judgment of the county court of Wal-worth county: Aldro Jenks, Acting Judge. The defendant was charged in the information of the district attorney, before the county court of Walworth county, with having in his possession and under his control on the 30th day of March, 1921, in a building occupied by him and situated in the city of Lake Geneva, Walworth county, Wisconsin, in which building he conducted his retail business of selling nonintoxicating…
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Error to review a judgment of the county court of Wal-worth county: Aldro Jenks, Acting Judge. The defendant was charged in the information of the district attorney, before the county court of Walworth county, with having in his possession and under his control on the 30th day of March, 1921, in a building occupied by him and situated in the city of Lake Geneva, Walworth county, Wisconsin, in which building he conducted his retail business of selling nonintoxicating beverages, also intoxicating liquors, as defined by sec. 1569 — 3 of the Statutes, contrary to the provisions of sec. 1569 — 8…
1Opinion of the CourtDoerfler, J.
When tire information was filed in the county court the defendant made and filed a motion to quash the same for the reason that it did not sufficiently charge him with the commission of an offense under the laws of the state of Wisconsin. The refusal of the court to grant defendant’s'motion constitutes his first assignment of error.
The information is as follows:
“I, Easton Johnson, district attorney for Walworth county, Wisconsin, hereby inform the court; That Joseph Finsky did, on the 30th day of March, A. D. 1921, at said county and state aforesaid, in the city of Lake Geneva, keep and have…
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