Taylor v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court for Fond du Lac County. This case was commenced before a justice of the peace, by complaint which charges in writing, under the oath of the complainant, that u Z. H. Taylor did, on the 25th day of July, 1873, at the town of "Waupun in the county of Fond du Lac, use a certain building heretofore erected, for the purpose of a slaughter house, and used the same for slaughtering, and did, at the time aforesaid, slaughter therein, and that said building…
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ERROR to the Circuit Court for Fond du Lac County. This case was commenced before a justice of the peace, by complaint which charges in writing, under the oath of the complainant, that u Z. H. Taylor did, on the 25th day of July, 1873, at the town of "Waupun in the county of Fond du Lac, use a certain building heretofore erected, for the purpose of a slaughter house, and used the same for slaughtering, and did, at the time aforesaid, slaughter therein, and that said building was, at the time and place aforesaid, so used as a slaughter house by the said Z. H. Taylor within one-eighth of a mile…
1Opinion of the CourtLyoN, J.
The statute under which this prosecution was instituted, is as follows “ If any person shall erect, maintain or keep a slaughter house, or use any building heretofore erected, for the purposes of a slaughter house, within the limits of any village of not less than one hundred inhabitants, or within one-eighth of one mile from any dwelling house or building used as a place of business, every such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, at the discretion of the court.” Laws of 1871, ch. 95…
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