Santry v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
EEEOE to the Circuit Court for Racine County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Cassoday: “One Louis Christensen, a boy about eighteen years of age, was twice tried for the murder of Michael Schultz, June 17, 1884. Upon the first trial the jury disagreed, and on the second he was convicted. Soon after his imprisonment at Waupun he proposed to make and did make a voluntary confession, implicating the plaintiff in error and others in the murder.
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EEEOE to the Circuit Court for Racine County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Cassoday: “One Louis Christensen, a boy about eighteen years of age, was twice tried for the murder of Michael Schultz, June 17, 1884. Upon the first trial the jury disagreed, and on the second he was convicted. Soon after his imprisonment at Waupun he proposed to make and did make a voluntary confession, implicating the plaintiff in error and others in the murder. Upon being charged and tried for the murder, the plaintiff in error, John Scrntry, was convicted and sentenced to the state’s prison. To reverse…
1Opinion of the CourtOassoday, J.
The testimony is voluminous, and presented as it came from the reporter. There is no succinct statement of any portion of the record. There is no printed or written brief pointing out where the alleged errors may be found, nor of authorities in support of the propositions urged upon the oral argument. In view of these facts, we would be justified in affirming the judgment without looking into the record. But this is a criminal case, and so we have carefully considered the several questions suggested at the bar, to the end that no injustice should be done to the prisoner.
I. The principal…
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