Jackson v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court for Wcmkesha County. The plaintiff in error, George Jackson, was married March 11, 1889. He was a farmer and resided in the town of Eagle, on the road leading from the village of Eagle, near the center of section 22 of that town, and running directly north about three miles; then northeasterly about half a mile to McCabe’s corner; and from thence easterly, on a very crooked road, for about a mile, to his residence in section 2. His brother, Henry,…
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ERROR to the Circuit Court for Wcmkesha County. The plaintiff in error, George Jackson, was married March 11, 1889. He was a farmer and resided in the town of Eagle, on the road leading from the village of Eagle, near the center of section 22 of that town, and running directly north about three miles; then northeasterly about half a mile to McCabe’s corner; and from thence easterly, on a very crooked road, for about a mile, to his residence in section 2. His brother, Henry, also lived with him. There was also a highway running from McCabe’s corner directly north for nearly a mile; thence…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
It appears that there was a former trial of this case, and the jury disagreed. Upon that trial the complaining witness, William Summers, was examined as a witness on the part of the state, and cross-examined on the part of the accused. After that trial, and before the last trial, that witness had died; and his testimony, as taken by the stenographer on the former trial, was admitted in evidence upon this last trial against objection. It is claimed that such ruling was an infringement of a right secured to the accused by that clause of the constitution of this state which, declares that “ in…
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