Bliss v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Eeeor to review a judgment of tbe circuit court for Columbia county: R. G-. Siebeckee, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff in error was prosecuted for the murder of his wife, Kate Bliss, convicted of manslaughter in the third degree, and seeks to reverse said conviction and the sentence passed thereon upon writ of error.
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Eeeor to review a judgment of tbe circuit court for Columbia county: R. G-. Siebeckee, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff in error was prosecuted for the murder of his wife, Kate Bliss, convicted of manslaughter in the third degree, and seeks to reverse said conviction and the sentence passed thereon upon writ of error. It appeared upon the trial that the plaintiff in error was married to the deceased, Kate Bliss, in January, 1868, and that the parties had resided together in the city of Portage for twenty-two years immediately preceding the tragedy; that the plaintiff in error was a soldier in the…
1Opinion of the CourtWiNsnow, J.
A number of exceptions were taken to the rulings of 'the trial court, and such of them as are deemed of material importance will now be briefly considered.
1. Before the trial began the court appointed Hon. W. S. Stroud, county judge of Columbia county, as counsel to assist the district attorney in the prosecution, by virtue of the provisions of sec. 750, Stats. 1898, which provides that circuit courts may in their discretion appoint counsel to assist the distinct attorney in the prosecution of persons charged with crime punishable by imprisonment in the state prison. To this action the…
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