State v. Morey
Wisconsin Supreme Court
The defendant was indicted at the October terna of the Racine Circuit Court, for larceny. The indictment contains but one count, charging the defendant with having stolen “one hundred pounds of meat,” of the value of fifteen dollars. Plea of dé-fendant — not guilty.
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The defendant was indicted at the October terna of the Racine Circuit Court, for larceny. The indictment contains but one count, charging the defendant with having stolen “one hundred pounds of meat,” of the value of fifteen dollars. Plea of dé-fendant — not guilty. The defendant’s counsel had previously made a motion to quash the indictment, on the ground that it did not state, with sufficient certainty, the hind of property alleged to have been stolen, which motion had been overruled, and a trial had upon the issue joined. The counsel for the defendant requested, among other things, that…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Whitoit, C. J.
This case comes here on the report of the judge of the circuit court for the county of Racine, pursuant to chapter one hundred and forty-nine of the Revised Statutes. From this report, and from the record sent up by the clerk, it appears that the defendant was indicted for larceny. The indictment charges the larceny to have been committed in the city and county of Racine, and that the property stolen consisted of “one hundred pounds of meat” belonging to one Hugh Gfaston.
It is insisted by the counsel for the defendant that the indictment is bad, for the reason that…
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