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Wheeler v. State

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided February 15, 1869PublishedCited by 38 opinions

ERROR to tlie Circuit Court for La Qrosse County.

1Opinion of the CourtPaire, J.

The plaintiff in error was indicted in the county of Pepin for a murder alleged to have been committed in that county. On motion of the district attorney, made upon his affidavit stating his belief that an impartial trial could not be had in that county, by reason of its being a small county, and the case having been notorious, and having occasioned much excitement, the venue was changed to Dunn county, in pursuance of section 6, chapter 178, R. S. 1858. It appears from the record that this was done against the objection of the prisoner.

The venue was afterward changed on her motion, on an…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Osborn v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1867

3Cited by38 opinions

  1. State v. BangertWisconsin Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Shawn Garfield Price v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001
  3. Armour Packing Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
  4. Oborn v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1910
  5. Swart v. KimballMichigan Supreme Court · 1880

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