State v. Kube
Wisconsin Supreme Court
REPORTED from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County. Indictment for obtaining property under false pretenses. The first count alleges that at the tune of the commission of the offense, “ one Carlos A. Sprague was the agent of the American Express Company for the city of Watertown, in the county of Jefferson aforesaid, and as such agent had the management and control of the express office in said city of Watertown; that it was his duty, as such agent, to safely keej) in said…
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REPORTED from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County. Indictment for obtaining property under false pretenses. The first count alleges that at the tune of the commission of the offense, “ one Carlos A. Sprague was the agent of the American Express Company for the city of Watertown, in the county of Jefferson aforesaid, and as such agent had the management and control of the express office in said city of Watertown; that it was his duty, as such agent, to safely keej) in said express office all such boxes, bundles, packages and articles as were transported by the said American Express Company…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
Tbis is an indictment for obtaining property under false pretenses. Tbe indictment consists of two counts. There was a trial and a general verdict of guilty. A motion was made in arrest of judgment, and tbe cause bas been reported to tbis court for a decision upon several questions arising upon tbe indictment and motion in arrest. A number of objections are taken to eacb count in tbe indictment. We shall only notice those that we deem most important and material.
It is claimed that tbe first count is defective for tbe reason that there is no sufficient venue to most of tbe material and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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