Boyd v. State

This case was before the court in State ex rel. Kropf v. Gilbert, 213 Wis. 196, 251 N. W. 478, upon habeas corpus proceedings brought by defendants Kropf, Farness, and Rogers to test the legality of their imprisonment on being held to the circuit court for trial upon preliminary examination. This court ruled that the defendants were properly held for trial. It was there held that such of the managing officers of the Boyd Company as participated in violations of criminal statutes by the corporation might be held criminally liable therefor. The trial herein followed the decision in that case.…