Fertig v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
EbRoe to review a judgment of the circuit court for Dunn county: W. E. Bailey, Judge. Error to review a judgment rendered on a conviction for the crime of murder in the first degree.
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EbRoe to review a judgment of the circuit court for Dunn county: W. E. Bailey, Judge. Error to review a judgment rendered on a conviction for the crime of murder in the first degree. The facts which are undisputed, or which the evidence tends to prove, are that there was a dispute existing between John W. FerUg, plaintiff in error, and William Spaulding, relative to the right of the latter to take and remove some wood from a wood lot belonging to the former, Spaulding claiming that Fertig turned the wood out to him in settlement of a running account between them, which Fertig denied, and…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
The errors assigned on behalf of plaintiff in error will be considered in their order and are as follows: (1) The refusal of the court to strike out evidence of conversations damaging to the accused where a witness could not give all the conversation, or the substance of it; (2) permitting the prosecuting attorney to use improper language, detrimental to the accused, in closing his argument to the jury; (3) permitting reading from the reporter’s minutes, the testimony of the accused on former trials for the same offense, without any verification of the same; (4) instructing the jury that the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- State v. KilgoreSupreme Court of Missouri · 1879
- People v. HessMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
- Knoll v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
- Dickerson v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880
- Odette v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1895
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3Cited by35 opinions
- State v. BergenthalWisconsin Supreme Court · 1970
- State v. CydzikWisconsin Supreme Court · 1973
- Hempton v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
- Embry v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1970
- Paulson v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
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