Clifford v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court for Boole County. The information in this case was filed in the circuit court for Racine county, and charged that on the 14th day of April, 1882, at said county, the defendant, Hartley Clifford, did “wilfully, feloniously, and of his malice aforethought kill and murder William R. Pugh, against the peace and dignity of the state of Wisconsin.”
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ERROR to the Circuit Court for Boole County. The information in this case was filed in the circuit court for Racine county, and charged that on the 14th day of April, 1882, at said county, the defendant, Hartley Clifford, did “wilfully, feloniously, and of his malice aforethought kill and murder William R. Pugh, against the peace and dignity of the state of Wisconsin.” Upon the application of the defendant, on the ground of the prejudice of the judge, the venue was changed to Eoclc county, and the trial was there had. It is stated in the brief of the counsel for the defendant that on the…
1Opinion of the CourtOetost, J.
To determine the question whether a new trial ought to have been allowed on the motion of the defendant, on the evidence or the- merits of the case, and in order to make the exceptions to the charge given and the instructions refused intelligible, a concise statement of the material facts becomes necessary. The deceased was a large and strong man, .and had been a captain on the lakes. The defendant was a professional gambler in the city of Milwaukee, and a small man. They had been acquainted, and, so far as known, were friends. The defendant had made several bets with different -parties on…
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