Holtz v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court for Portage County. The case is stated in the opinion. They contended, inter alia, that it was proper to impeach the witness Augusta by showing that she was a prostitute. Peal v. People, 42 FT. T. 270; Wilber v. Flood, 16 Mich. 40; Foster v. People, 18 id. 266; Jennings v. Prentice, 89 id. 421; 1 'G-reenl. Evi. (14th ed.), secs. 455, 456, 459; 1 Thomp.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court for Portage County. The case is stated in the opinion. They contended, inter alia, that it was proper to impeach the witness Augusta by showing that she was a prostitute. Peal v. People, 42 FT. T. 270; Wilber v. Flood, 16 Mich. 40; Foster v. People, 18 id. 266; Jennings v. Prentice, 89 id. 421; 1 'G-reenl. Evi. (14th ed.), secs. 455, 456, 459; 1 Thomp. Trials, 459, 460. It was error to admit in evidence what was said by the conspirators in the absence of the accused, and before there was any proof of a conspiracy or that the accused had anything to do with it if one…
1Opinion of the CourtObton, J.
The plaintiff in error was convicted of murder in the first degree, for the killing of Albert Buelow on the 2d day of June, 1887. The principal ground for the reversal of the judgment is that the verdict was not warranted by the testimony, and that ground will therefore be considered first, by a brief and substantial statement of the evidence that the jury had a right to believe. If the evidence on the part of the state was sufficient to warrant the jury in finding the defendant guilty, the verdict will not be disturbed by this court, however it may be contradicted or its credibility…
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