State v. Whitfield

This appeal involves no determination of fact or procedural error. The goods possessed and sold by defendant were manufactured by convict labor in Alabama. When the alleged offense was committed, the goods were still in the original package in which they were contained at the time of shipment into Wisconsin. The goods were identical in quality with others of the same grade in the open market. None of them were labeled in accordance with the requirements of sec. 132.13, which requires that “all goods, wares and merchandise made by convict labor in any penitentiary, prison, reformatory or other…