Sullivan v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court for Racine County. SulUvan sued out a writ of error from this court to review a judgment against him in a criminal prosecution commenced by information. The judgment provided for his confinement in the' state prison for a term of one year. The offense with which he was charged, and the errors alleged, will sufficiently appear from the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtObtoN, J.
The information charges that the defendant, with force and arms, being armed with a dangerous weapon, made an assault upon the body of one Adolph Klofonda, with *596intent, feloniously, willfully and unlawfully, and of bis malice aforethought, him, the said Adolph Klofonda, to kill and murder.
The court charged the jury: “If you find, in the first place, that it was not an offense as charged in the information, that of an assault with intent to commit the crime of murder, then, if you find that it was an offense which comes under the statute just read, that is, an assault with intent to do great…
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