Perry v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR TO CIRCUIT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY. The facts in this case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Paine, J.
The plaintiff in error was indicted, tried, and convicted of murder at the February term, 1858, of the Jefferson circuit court. There were challenges to the array, a motion to quash, and a motion in arrest of judgment, and exceptions were taken to the rulings of the court on these various motions, which were overruled, and the prisoner sentenced. The case is brought here by a writ of error.
The principal ground of error relied on is, that the grand jury which indicted, and the petit jury which tried, were not lawful juries. These juries were selected and summoned under…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Brayton v. MerrimanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1858
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