Schissler v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
• ERROR to review a judgment of the municipal court of Milwaukee county; A. 0. Bbazee, Judge. The plaintiff in error was convicted of the crime of murder in the second degree. Frederick W. Reul was shot by plaintiff in error on November 25, 1902, while occupying a carriage in company with three others, namely, William II. Crandall, Miss Anna Benson, and Mrs. Schissler, the wife of plaintiff in error.
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• ERROR to review a judgment of the municipal court of Milwaukee county; A. 0. Bbazee, Judge. The plaintiff in error was convicted of the crime of murder in the second degree. Frederick W. Reul was shot by plaintiff in error on November 25, 1902, while occupying a carriage in company with three others, namely, William II. Crandall, Miss Anna Benson, and Mrs. Schissler, the wife of plaintiff in error. The immediate circumstances of the homicide, as disclosed by the evidence, show that this party of four had spent the previous evening at the Davidson 'Theater, in the city of Milwaukee, and…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed May 10, 1904:
SiebeceeR, J.
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