State v. Brunell
Wisconsin Supreme Court
CERTIFIED from tlie .Circuit Court for Outagamie County. Indictment for keeping a house of ill-fame. Exceptions were taken at the trial to the allowance of an amendment to the indictment by inserting the name of “ Henry ” instead of the initial “H”; to the admission of evidence as to.the character of the defendant; and to several of the instructions given to the jury.
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CERTIFIED from tlie .Circuit Court for Outagamie County. Indictment for keeping a house of ill-fame. Exceptions were taken at the trial to the allowance of an amendment to the indictment by inserting the name of “ Henry ” instead of the initial “H”; to the admission of evidence as to.the character of the defendant; and to several of the instructions given to the jury. Those which are material sufficiently appear’ in the opinion of the court. contended that sec. 27, chap. 137, Laws of 1871, does not apply to an indictment previously found so as to authorize a material amendment; and that there…
1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.
The defendant was indicted in the circuit court for Brown county, for keeping in said county, at the times stated in the indictment, “ a certain house of ill fame then and there resorted to for the purposes of public prostitution and lewdness.” The place of trial was changed to the circuit court for Outagamie county; and the defendant was tried in the latter court, and convicted of the offense charged in the indictment.
The ease comes to this court upon exceptions duly taken and allowed at the trial, pursuant to chap. 130, R. S., sections 7, 9 and 10.
One of the exceptions is to the following…
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