State v. Nett
Wisconsin Supreme Court
EEPOBTED from the Circuit Court for Fond du Lao County. Tbe defendant having been convicted of murder in the first degree, the presiding judge reported the cause to this court, pursuant to the statutp, for the determination of certain qirestions of law which arose upon the trial.
1Opinion of the CourtColb, C. J.
The defendant was put upon trial in the circuit court of Eond du Lac county, in November, 1879, charged with' the crime of murder in the first degree under the statute. The person killed was one Jacob Litzen, a man about twenty-seven years of age. Some reference to the circumstances attending the killing becomes necessary in order to understand the bearing of the question which will be considered as regards the defense. The testimony on the part of the prosecution and defense was quite conflicting as to what was actually said and done by the parties just before and at the time the fatal blow…
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