State v. Gross
Wisconsin Supreme Court
REPORTED from the Circuit Court for La Crosse County. The facts are stated in the opinion. To the point that the information is insufficient in law to charge any crime, he cited: State v. Creen, 7 Wis. 676; Comm. v. Drew, 19 Pick. 184; Dilling-ham v. State, 5 Ohio St. 283; People v. Tomplcins, 1 Parker’s Crim. R. 237.
1Opinion of the CourtLyoit, J.
The defendant was tried in the circuit court of La Crosse county on an information charging him with the crime of obtaining money by false pretenses, and was con•victed. The questions we are asked to determine are brought here by the report of the• circuit judge before whom the defendant was tried, pursuant to sec. 4721, R. S. The questions are inartificially and somewhat obscurely stated in the report, but, as we understand them, they are: (1) Does the information charge a criminal offense? and, if so, (2) Does the evidence support the conviction? The report • contains the information, the…
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