Rothbauer v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court for La Crosse County. The plaintiff in error having been found guilty of murder in the second degree, and a new trial having been denied, the present action is brought to reverse a judgment on the verdict. The errors relied on will appear from the opinion. [No brief.]
1Opinion of the CourtPaine, J.
The plaintiff in error was indicted and trieü for murder, and a verdict was returned of murder in the second degree. A question of practice is made as to the sufficiency of the bill of exceptions. The counsel for the prisoner prepared a bill of exceptions, and tendered it to the judge for signature before the end of the term, but the judge declined to sign it, on the ground that it was not a full and correct bill. Thereupon the district attorney agreed with the counsel for the prisoner, that the bill might be settled after the term. The prisoner’s counsel accordingly prepared a bill after the…
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