Washington v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court for Bodge County. The case is stated by the court. That part of the record of the trial which relates to the peremptory challenges, is as follows : “ The list of jurors called was submitted to the counsel for said defendants, for the exercise of th¿ right of challenge ; and thereupon said defendants, by their counsel, 'challenged one of said jurors so called as aforesaid, peremptorily, whose place was immediately supplied in the panel by another…
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ERROR to the Circuit Court for Bodge County. The case is stated by the court. That part of the record of the trial which relates to the peremptory challenges, is as follows : “ The list of jurors called was submitted to the counsel for said defendants, for the exercise of th¿ right of challenge ; and thereupon said defendants, by their counsel, 'challenged one of said jurors so called as aforesaid, peremptorily, whose place was immediately supplied in the panel by another juror being called, which process was continued until said de-fondants, by their counsel, had challenged four jurors…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Cole, J.
The plaintiffs in error were jointly indicted for larceny, and were jointly tried at the March term of the circuit court for Dodge county, 1862. It appears that on impanneling the jury, twelve jurors were called, who were acceptable to the prosecution. On submitting the list to the counsel for the plaintiffs in error, he peremptorily challenged one juror, whose place was supplied in the panel by another juror, and this process was continued until four peremptory challenges were made. The same counsel then claimed the right of four more peremptory challenges on behalf of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Shoeffler v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1854
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- Hundhausen v. AtkinsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1875