Manna v. State

In a criminal case involving grave consequences the conscience of the trial court should be satisfied that the evidence justifies a verdict of guilty. And on writ of error a person convicted of crime has a right to demand the solemn judgment of this court as well as of the trial court as to whether his guilt was sufficiently proven. Lonergan v. State, 111 Wis. 453, 456, 87 N. W. 455; Gerke v. State, 151 Wis. 495, 139 N. W. 404; Hamilton v. State, 171 Wis. 203, 176 N. W. 773.

The verdict in this case is challenged at the outset because it is not sustained by the evidence, under the tests laid…