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Pooler v. State

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided December 10, 1897PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Error to review a judgment of tbe municipal court for the eastern district of Waukesha county: D. S. Tullar, Judge-. The plaintiff in error was convicted in the municipal court for the eastern district of Waukesha county, under sec. 4409, S. & B. Ann.

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Error to review a judgment of tbe municipal court for the eastern district of Waukesha county: D. S. Tullar, Judge-. The plaintiff in error was convicted in the municipal court for the eastern district of Waukesha county, under sec. 4409, S. & B. Ann. Stats., which provides, in substance, that “ any person who shall break and enter any office, shop, warehouse or other building, not adjoining or occupied with any dwelling house, . . . with intent to commit the crime of robbery, larceny or other felony, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not more than five years nor less than…

1Opinion of the CourtPiNNEY, J.

1. The contention made by the plaintiff in error, that the law creating the municipal court for the eastern district of Waukesha county was unconstitutional and void, in that it did not provide for a jury to be summoned from the entire county, but only from said eastern district, and that, being a. municipal court, its jurisdictional limits must be co-extensive with the boundaries of some municipality, and other like objections, as well as that the law attempts to confer judicial powers upon the clerk of the court, were considered in the case of Shaffel v. State, ante, p. 377, in respect to…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Harris & Mitchell v. Amoskeag Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1895
  2. Bull v. ConroeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860
  3. Odette v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Jackson v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1895
  5. People v. MurphyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1872

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Boltz v. Town of SullivanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
  2. Banker's Mutual Casualty Co. v. First National BankSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
  3. State v. HowsUtah Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Grimshaw v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
  5. State v. Van BrocklinWisconsin Supreme Court · 1927

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