Legal Opinion

Niezorawski v. State

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided March 19, 1907PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Ebeoe to review a judgment of tbe municipal court of Milwaukee county: A. J. ViNje, judge of tbe Eleventh circuit, sitting for tbe municipal judge. Tbe plaintiff in error (hereinafter called, tbe defendant) was convicted of tbe crime of bribery. A fine of $800 was imposed on defendant, which be paid under protest.

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Ebeoe to review a judgment of tbe municipal court of Milwaukee county: A. J. ViNje, judge of tbe Eleventh circuit, sitting for tbe municipal judge. Tbe plaintiff in error (hereinafter called, tbe defendant) was convicted of tbe crime of bribery. A fine of $800 was imposed on defendant, which be paid under protest. Tbe errors assigned and argued relate to tbe drawing of tbe grand jury which returned the indictment in question; tbe regularity of its proceedings in tbe particulars hereinafter mentioned; tbe refusal to submit to tbe jury certain instructions requested by defendant; and the…

1Opinion of the CourtTimlin, J.

The defendant demurred to the indictment, but, evidently aware that the alleged irregularities in the drawing of-and in the proceedings by the grand jury did not appear on the face of the indictment and that the questions he desired to present could not be raised by demurrer, there was presented, upon motion to quash the indictment and opposing affidavits, a state of facts showing that the jury commissioners for Milwaukee county in June, 1903, selected a list of persons to serve as grand jurors in that county for the ensuing year and entered the names upon a suitable record book, certified to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. State v. PotterSupreme Court of Kansas · 1875
  2. People v. LeeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1860
  3. Penn v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1889
  5. Stephens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Cole v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1921
  2. State v. DowellIdaho Supreme Court · 1929
  3. State v. KanzelbergerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1965
  4. Hedger v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
  5. O'Neil v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1941

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