Legal Opinion

Dunn v. State

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided June 23, 1905PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Ebeoe to review an order of the municipal court of Milwaukee county: A. J. Vinje, Judge. Plaintiff in error was convicted upon an indictment found by a grand jury for Milwaukee county, charging him with having violated the provisions of sec. 4475, Stats. 1898. After verdict he filed an application for a new trial under sec. 4719, Stats. 1898, which application was denied by the trial court, whereupon he prosecuted a writ of error out of this court for a review of the order…

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Ebeoe to review an order of the municipal court of Milwaukee county: A. J. Vinje, Judge. Plaintiff in error was convicted upon an indictment found by a grand jury for Milwaukee county, charging him with having violated the provisions of sec. 4475, Stats. 1898. After verdict he filed an application for a new trial under sec. 4719, Stats. 1898, which application was denied by the trial court, whereupon he prosecuted a writ of error out of this court for a review of the order denying the application for a new trial, and applied for a stay of proceedings and admission to bail during the pendency…

1Opinion of the Court

The following opinion was filed March 14, 1905:

SiebeckeR, J.

It is urged that the court erred in denying the motion for a new trial for want of sufficient evidence-to warrant a conviction of the offense charged in the indict*190ment. ' This contention is based upon the ground (1) that there was no application pending’ before plaintiff in error, as inspector of buildings, for a permit to construct the building in question at the time it is claimed the offense was committed, or which might come before him, in his official capacity, for his vote, opinion, judgment, or action thereon; and (2) that the…

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Vermont · 1900

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. O'CONNORWisconsin Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Wisconsin's Environmental Decade, Inc. v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human RelationsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1981
  3. Murphy v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Hisaw v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1917
  5. State v. CassillMontana Supreme Court · 1924

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