Lonergan v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Error to review a judgment of the circuit court for Eond du Lac county: Michael KirwaN, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff in error was tried in the circuit court for Fond du Lac county on an information charging him and one Prof. Shorty, alias John Morris, with the' murder of one William Prinslow, a police officer of the city of Fond du Lac. He was convicted of murder in the first degree, and brings his writ of error to reverse the judgment pronounced on such conviction.
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Error to review a judgment of the circuit court for Eond du Lac county: Michael KirwaN, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff in error was tried in the circuit court for Fond du Lac county on an information charging him and one Prof. Shorty, alias John Morris, with the' murder of one William Prinslow, a police officer of the city of Fond du Lac. He was convicted of murder in the first degree, and brings his writ of error to reverse the judgment pronounced on such conviction. It appeared by the evidence that on the evening of November 18,1898, at about 6:30 o’clock, or within a few minutes thereafter,…
1Opinion of the CourtWiNslow, J.
In criminal cases, and especially in a prosecution for a capital offense, the defendant has a clear right to have his guilt determined by the court as well as by the jury. “If the verdict does not satisfy the conscience of the judge, the prisoner is entitled to a new trial.” The accused has the right to have “ the solemn opinion of the judge who tried the cause, after a careful hearing of all that may be alleged against its justice, that it ought to stand.” Ohms v. State, 49 Wis. 415. Not only has he this right to the solemn judgment of the trial judge, but he has also the right upon writ of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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