State v. Gaffrey
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court for Kenosha County. Indictment for arson. The questions involved are stated in the opinion of the court, and were certified up pursuant to the statute. The indictment cannot now be found, and so it is impossible to present the case more distinctly than in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKno'Wlton, J.
The defendant Gaffrey was indicted for the offense of arson in the county of Walworth. The venue was changed to the county of Kenosha, where a trial was had, and the defendant convicted. The counsel for the defendant moved in arrest of judgment. The court below denied the motion, but entertaining some doubt as to the questions raised on the motion in arrest, suspended its sentence, and certified the case to this court, under the statute.
The defendant’s counsel contended, and indeed it was conceded by the attorney general upon the argument of the cause, that the indictment was very informal;…
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