Rowan v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the Municipal Court for Milwaukee County. The plaintiff in error was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, at the August term, 1871, of the Municipal Court of Milwaukee County, upon the following information: “ I, C. K. Martin, District Attorney for said county, hereby inform the court, that on the twenty-eighth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, at said county, James Rowan did wilfully, feloniously, and of his malice…
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ERROR to the Municipal Court for Milwaukee County. The plaintiff in error was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, at the August term, 1871, of the Municipal Court of Milwaukee County, upon the following information: “ I, C. K. Martin, District Attorney for said county, hereby inform the court, that on the twenty-eighth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, at said county, James Rowan did wilfully, feloniously, and of his malice aforethought, kill and murder Charles McKenzie, against the peace and dignity of the state of Wisconsin. I, C. K. Martin,…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
A preliminary question of practice is raised on the part of the state in this case, which will first be considered. The plaintiff in error was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree at the August term of the municipal court of Milwaukee county, 1871. The bill of exceptions was settled and signed by the judge of that court on the 25th of January, 1872. It is objected that the bill was not signed during the term at which the plaintiff in error was convicted, and therefore is no part of the record.
Chapter 108, Laws 1869, in substance enacts that in all criminal actions, bills of…
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