State v. Cannon

The power to protect courts and the public from the official ministration of persons unfit for practice in them was fully established in the former decision of the court in this case, State v. Cannon, 196 Wis. 534, 221 N. W. 603, where it was held that when the people by means of the constitution established courts, they became endowed with all judicial powers essential to carry out the judicial functions delegated to them. The courts established by the constitution have the powers which are incidental to or which inhere in judicial bodies, unless those powers are expressly limited by the…