Sutton v. Fox
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Oreen Lake County. The complaint alleged that by the procurement of the defendant the plaintiff’s barn was set fire to by Herman Gruhl and Max Claudot, and the barn and the dwelling house of the plaintiff with their contents were destroyed, to his damage $15,000. The answer was a general denial.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Oreen Lake County. The complaint alleged that by the procurement of the defendant the plaintiff’s barn was set fire to by Herman Gruhl and Max Claudot, and the barn and the dwelling house of the plaintiff with their contents were destroyed, to his damage $15,000. The answer was a general denial. At the trial four German jurors, whose names were drawn by the clerk from the box, were examined at length by counsel for both parties and by the judge as to their ability to understand the English language and their comprehension of certain words, such as arson,…
1Opinion of the CourtTavxoR, J.
The appellant assigns but two causes for reversing the judgment rendered against him in this case: First, that four jurors, whose names were drawn from the jury-box during the process of impaneling the jury, were set aside by the court, on the motion of the plaintiff, for reasons stated in the bill of exceptions; and, second, that the testimony of two witnesses was received on the part of the plaintiff against the objection of the defendant, such witnesses being, at the time their testimony was given, convicts in the state prison serving out a sentence upon conviction of the crime of arson.
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