Hogan v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court for Manitowoc County. The plaintiff in error, having been convicted of murder in the second degree, seeks here to reverse the judgment. The case will sufficiently appear from the opinion. contended that the court erred in its instruction to the jury as to the effect of the evidence of good character.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court for Manitowoc County. The plaintiff in error, having been convicted of murder in the second degree, seeks here to reverse the judgment. The case will sufficiently appear from the opinion. contended that the court erred in its instruction to the jury as to the effect of the evidence of good character. "While there was no dispute as to the facts of the killing, and the only issue was, whether the crime was murder or manslaughter in one of the degrees, the former character of the prisoner ought to have considerable weight in determining this point. The questions were,…
1Opinion of the CourtRyan, C. J.
The plaintiff in error was indicted fqr murder. On a former trial, the jury found him guilty generally, without specifying the degree of murder. On that ground, the judgment was reversed. Hogan v. State, 30 Wis., 428.
On his second trial, he was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. From that conviction he prosecutes the present writ of error.
His case was very ably presented by his counsel, who presented three grounds for reversal of the judgment.
I. It appears by the record that the verdict was rendered March 7, 1874. On the same day, the…
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