Hughes v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Error to review a judgment of the circuit court for Douglas county: James O’Neill, Judge. The plaintiff in error was convicted of the murder of May Bolz, and sentenced to imprisonment for life, and prosecutes this writ of error to reverse the judgment.
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Error to review a judgment of the circuit court for Douglas county: James O’Neill, Judge. The plaintiff in error was convicted of the murder of May Bolz, and sentenced to imprisonment for life, and prosecutes this writ of error to reverse the judgment. The evidence showed that the accused was a young man twenty-five years of age, unmarried, and had been engaged about the railroad business, living in Superior, in what is known as the “ Allouez Bay district,” at the east end of that town; that for about a year and a half prior to October 3,1899, he had been intimate with the deceased, who was…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
A claim is made on behalf of the plaintiff in error that the verdict is contrary to the law and the evidence, but we consider the claim so palpably unfounded that we shall not undertake to discuss it at length. It is sufficient to say that, in our judgment, there was ample evidence to sustain the verdict.
The specific errors claimed will be considered under three heads.
1. Errors in the selection and impaneling of the jury. Under this head a number of points are made. A juror named Sanow, when examined on the voir dire, stated that he lived about two blocks from the Barry saloon in October,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Vangindertaelen v. Phenix InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
- Miller v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870
- Baker v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1894
- French v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1893
- State v. LewisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1878
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3Cited by12 opinions
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