Longstaff v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
EeRoe to reverse a judgment of the circuit court for Chippewa county: A. J. ViNje, Circuit Judge. It appears from the record, and is undisputed, that Eeb-ruary 17, 1903, á complaint was made to the municipal judge of Chippewa county, charging the plaintiff in error with a criminal offense therein described, punishable by imprisonment in tbe state prison.
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EeRoe to reverse a judgment of the circuit court for Chippewa county: A. J. ViNje, Circuit Judge. It appears from the record, and is undisputed, that Eeb-ruary 17, 1903, á complaint was made to the municipal judge of Chippewa county, charging the plaintiff in error with a criminal offense therein described, punishable by imprisonment in tbe state prison. Tbe municipal judge thereupon issued a warrant upon wbicb tbe accused was arrested and brought before tbe municipal court, and after a preliminary examination was held to bail for bis appearance at tbe circuit court, and, in default of tbe…
1Opinion of the Court
Cassoday, O. T.
Court commissioners may be vested with “such judicial powers” as are “prescribed by law,” not exceeding tbe powers “of a judge of a circuit court at chambers.” Sec. 23, art. VII, Const.; Faust v. State, 45 Wis. 273, 276; Wis. Ind. School v. Clark Co. 103 Wis. 662, 663, 79 N. W. 422. Tbe statute provides that, except as therein otherwise provided, a
“judge or commissioner may exercise within his county the powers and shall be subject to the restrictions thereon of •a circuit judge at chambers, according to existing practice and these statutes, in all actions or proceedings in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls v. Clark CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
- Faust v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
- State ex rel. Gaster v. WhitcherWisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
- In re HammerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1902
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