Hepler v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court for Columbia County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Cassoday: “In August, 1882, the plaintiff in error, Hepler, was arrested upon the complaint of L. Woodard,, the chairman of the board of supervisors of the town of Wyocena, and brought before a justice of the peace in the city of Portage.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court for Columbia County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Cassoday: “In August, 1882, the plaintiff in error, Hepler, was arrested upon the complaint of L. Woodard,, the chairman of the board of supervisors of the town of Wyocena, and brought before a justice of the peace in the city of Portage. The complaint stated that said Woodard had good reason to believe, and did believe, that on the 30th day of July, 1882, at the town of Wyocena, said Hepler did unlawfully vend and sell to one Seth Wing intoxicating liquors, in quantities of less than one gallon, without…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
1. It is urged as error that the justice of the peace in Portage had no jurisdiction to try Hepler for the offense alleged, upon the complaint of the chairman of the board of supervisors of the town of Wyocena, for selling intoxicating liquors therein without a license, and hence that the circuit court got no jurisdiction. Counsel seems to think that sec. 1553, R. S., as amended by sec. 3, ch. 322, Laws of 1882, confines jurisdiction in such cases, and upon such a complaint, to some justice of the peace in the town where such supervisor resides and such offense was committed. But such we do…
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