Schuster v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court for Sauk County. The plaintiff in error, August Sehuster, was tried at the September term, 1890, of the Sauk County circuit court on an information charging in due form that on February 7, 1890, at said county, he feloniously made an assault with a dangerous weapon, to wit, a club, on one Rosa Sackman, and did therewith beat and bruise her, with intent to kill and murder her. The jury found him guilty of the offense charged.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court for Sauk County. The plaintiff in error, August Sehuster, was tried at the September term, 1890, of the Sauk County circuit court on an information charging in due form that on February 7, 1890, at said county, he feloniously made an assault with a dangerous weapon, to wit, a club, on one Rosa Sackman, and did therewith beat and bruise her, with intent to kill and murder her. The jury found him guilty of the offense charged. A motion for a new trial, based upon affidavits tending to show that one of the jurors was' not a citizén of the United States, and that…
1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.
The plaintiff in error seeks a reversal of the judgment against him on two general grounds. He maintains (1) that the testimony is insufficient to support a conviction ; and, if held sufficient, then (2) that several erroneous rulings were made by the court during the progress of the trial, either of which is claimed’ to be fatal to the judgment. The errors thus assigned will be considered in their order. -
• I. Is the testimony sufficient to support the verdict of guilty? We think this question must be answered in the affirmative. That some person committed the offense' charged in the…
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