Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Dunn v. Bilder

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided March 5, 1895PublishedCited by 1 opinion

CeRtiobaei to review proceedings had before a court commissioner of Milwaukee county: Hugh Ryar, Commissioner. • At the times hereinafter mentioned, N. B. Neelen was a justice of the peace, elected in the city of Milwaukee, and residing and having an office therein.

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CeRtiobaei to review proceedings had before a court commissioner of Milwaukee county: Hugh Ryar, Commissioner. • At the times hereinafter mentioned, N. B. Neelen was a justice of the peace, elected in the city of Milwaukee, and residing and having an office therein. On July 23, 1894, •one Paul Mittag made complaint on oath in writing, subscribed by him, to said justice, to the effect that July 19, 1894, the defendants, at the town of Wauwatosa in the •county of Milwaukee, did overdrive, overwork, maim, wound, ■torture, torment, and wilfully, maliciously, and cruelly beat, ■one bay mare…

1Opinion of the CourtOassoday, J.

The defendants were arrested for committing an offense outside of the city of Milwaukee, and in the town of Wauwatosa in Milwaukee county, in violation of the provisions of sec. 4445, R. S., as amended by ch. 358, Laws of 1891. The punishment for such violation is imprisonment in the county jail not more than six months, or a fine not exceeding $100. Justices of the peace have power and jurisdiction, throughout their respective counties, “to hear, try and determine all charges for offenses arising within their respective counties, the punishment whereof does not exceed six months’…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Gilowsky v. ConnollyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1882

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Commonwealth v. BecknellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1935

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