State v. Hill
Wisconsin Supreme Court
REPORTED from tbe Circuit Court for Columbia County.* Tbe opinion states tbe case. argued, among other things, that tbe record did not sustain tbe conviction, in that tbe verdict was defective and incomplete. Tbe accused, having pleaded not guilty to all tbe counts, and having gone to trial, was entitled to a verdict or deliverance on all tbe matters charged.
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REPORTED from tbe Circuit Court for Columbia County.* Tbe opinion states tbe case. argued, among other things, that tbe record did not sustain tbe conviction, in that tbe verdict was defective and incomplete. Tbe accused, having pleaded not guilty to all tbe counts, and having gone to trial, was entitled to a verdict or deliverance on all tbe matters charged. But upon the counts charging him with forgery, being an offense for which a different punishment is prescribed than for uttering, there was no finding, and opon a verdict thus incomplete, no sentence could be given. State v. Sutton, 4…
1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.
This case comes hereupon exceptions duly taken and allowed at the trial, pursuant to the statute. Tayl. Stats., 1945, (ch. 180, R. S.) §§ 7, 9 and 10. The circuit judge has also made a report, pursuant to sec. 8 of the same chapter, submitting, for the decision of this court, a single question of law.
Were the case here upon the report alone, it is very doubtful whether this court would have any authority to decide any question therein, except the one which the circuit judge has reported to be, in his opinion, “ so important or so doubtful as to require the decision of the supreme court.”…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Weinzorpflin v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1844
- Guenther v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- State v. SuttonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1846
- Hayworth v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1860
- Rheinstrom v. ConeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870
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