Wilson v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
The defendants were indicted for a riot, at the April term, 1853, of the Columbia Circuit Court. On the trial, exception was taken to the ruling of the court; the defendants were convicted, and have prosecuted a writ of error. All the facts and exceptions fully appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Crawford, J.
From the bill of exceptions in this case, we find that upon the trial in the Circuit Court, the defendants sought to impeach the credibility of a witness who had been examined on the part of the State, and who had given evidence material to the prosecution. For this purpose they called Chauncey Spear, who testified that he had known the witness, who had been examined on the part of the State, during sixteen years, and was acquainted in the neighborhood where the witness resided, that he (Spear) had the means of knowingthe *799general reputation of the witness among his…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gass v. StinsonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1837
3Cited by3 opinions
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