State v. Meen
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Error to review an order of the circuit court for Marathon county: A. IT. Reid, Circuit Judge. The writ was prosecuted by the state to review an order entered July 12, 1919, arresting judgment after verdict -of guilty and discharging the defendant in error for want of evidence to sustain the verdict of the jury.
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Error to review an order of the circuit court for Marathon county: A. IT. Reid, Circuit Judge. The writ was prosecuted by the state to review an order entered July 12, 1919, arresting judgment after verdict -of guilty and discharging the defendant in error for want of evidence to sustain the verdict of the jury. The defendant was charged with having violated the statutes, sec. 1791m — 1 and 1791m — 2, in that while engaged in the business of buying cream and butter fat for the purpose of manufacture he did wilfully, knowingly, and intentionally, for the purpose of creating a monopoly and of…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecker, J.
The defendant’s motion after verdict, among other things, demanded the discharge of the defendant on the ground that the evidence is insufficient to warrant the conviction of defendant of the offenses charged in the information. The record is also clear that the defendant insisted on his discharge by asking the court to direct a verdict of acquittal at the conclusion of all the testimony in the case. It is manifest that the defendant insisted that no case had been made against him and that the court direct that he be discharged from further prosecution in the case. This is the effect of the…
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