Robertson v. Parker
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court of Douglas county: Ohaeles Shith, Judge. The complaint alleges that defendant was judge of the municipal court of Douglas county, which court is of limited jurisdiction, with no power to determine a criminal action the punishment for which may be imprisonment in the state prison; that on July 21, 1897, the defendant issued a warrant for arrest of plaintiff to answer the charge of abandoning his wife, under sec. 4587c, S. & B. Ann.
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Appeal from an order of the superior court of Douglas county: Ohaeles Shith, Judge. The complaint alleges that defendant was judge of the municipal court of Douglas county, which court is of limited jurisdiction, with no power to determine a criminal action the punishment for which may be imprisonment in the state prison; that on July 21, 1897, the defendant issued a warrant for arrest of plaintiff to answer the charge of abandoning his wife, under sec. 4587c, S. & B. Ann. Stats.; that plaintiff was arrested, and on July 22, 1897, after a hearing, the defendant wilfully, unlawfully,…
1Opinion of the CourtBaedeeN, J.
It was conceded on the argument that the defendant, as judge of the municipal court of Douglas county, had no legal right to pronounce judgment against the plaintiff at the time and in the manner set forth in the complaint. Ch. 278, Laws of 1895, invests said judge with jurisdiction “to hear, try and determine all criminal actions arising in said county, not punishable in state prison,” and “to hold to bail all persons charged with other offenses *655against the laws of the state of Wisconsin.” The plaintiff was charged with abandoning his wife, and unreasonably refusing and neglecting to provide…
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