French v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court for Ashlcmd County. The facts are stated in the 'opinion. They argued, among other things, that the prisoner must be present throughout a trial for felony, and especially for homicide; that this presence must appear by the record; that its failure so to appear by record is reversible error, reached by a writ of error, and a violation of art. XIY, Amend. Const, of U. S., by depriving the accused of liberty without due process of law.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court for Ashlcmd County. The facts are stated in the 'opinion. They argued, among other things, that the prisoner must be present throughout a trial for felony, and especially for homicide; that this presence must appear by the record; that its failure so to appear by record is reversible error, reached by a writ of error, and a violation of art. XIY, Amend. Const, of U. S., by depriving the accused of liberty without due process of law. Sec.u4693, R. S.; art. YI, Amend. Const, of U. S.; sec. I-, art. I, Const, of Wis.; Whart. Crim. PI. & Pr. (9th ed.), §§ 540, 545, 549;…
1Opinion of the CourtOiitoN, J.
The plaintiff in error was tried, convicted, and sentenced for the murder of Gavin M. Steel on the 5th day of March, 1891. A motion in arrest of judgment and a motion for a new trial were overruled. The ease comes before this court on writ of error; and a great many errors are assigned for the reversal of the judgment. The first two errors assigned and urged by the learned counsel of the plaintiff in error appear by the record, and are of the gravest importance and material, and in our opinion are fatal to the conviction. It is necessary to consider only these, as a new trial must be had in…
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