United States v. Salter
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the District Court for Iowa County. Salter was indicted by the grand jury of Iowa county for forgery, and upon the trial the district attorney offered certain evidence in support of the indictment which was rejected by the court, to which decision exceptions were taken. A verdict of acquittal was rendered, and the district attorney sued out this writ to correct the errors of the court below, in rejecting the evidence offered by the prosecution.
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ERROR to the District Court for Iowa County. Salter was indicted by the grand jury of Iowa county for forgery, and upon the trial the district attorney offered certain evidence in support of the indictment which was rejected by the court, to which decision exceptions were taken. A verdict of acquittal was rendered, and the district attorney sued out this writ to correct the errors of the court below, in rejecting the evidence offered by the prosecution. The cause came up for argument at the July term, 1842, when the question was suggested by the court, whether a writ of error could be…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The defendant was indicted in the district court of Iowa county for forgery. At the trial the dis*279trict attorney offered to give certain facts in evidence, for the purpose of making out the case, which were rejected by the court. The defendant was acquitted and discharged. A writ of error was sued out by the district attorney, and this decision of the court is assigned for error.
The first question to be settled is, should this court take cognizance of this case ?
The practice of revising cases by appeal and writs of error, on the part of the prosecution, upon various decisions of the inferior…
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