In re Crow
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Habeas Corpus. The principal facts in the case are stated in the opinion. The return of the sheriff to the writ in this court alleges, among other things, that the execution of the sentences of the circuit court was delayed until March 10, 1884, at the request of the petitioner and his attorney, and upon representations made by them that if time were given the petitioner would pay the fines and costs, and further that the petitioner was sick and that his wife was sick; that…
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Habeas Corpus. The principal facts in the case are stated in the opinion. The return of the sheriff to the writ in this court alleges, among other things, that the execution of the sentences of the circuit court was delayed until March 10, 1884, at the request of the petitioner and his attorney, and upon representations made by them that if time were given the petitioner would pay the fines and costs, and further that the petitioner was sick and that his wife was sick; that the fines and costs have not been paid, and that the petitioner has not suffered any imprisonment whatever upon said…
1Opinion of the CourtOetoit, J.
This is an original petition by J. W. Crow for a writ of habeas corpus, and for his discharge from imprisonment in the county jail of the county of La Fayette, and from the custody of the sheriff of said county. The petition was filed and the writ issued on the 18th day of March, 1884. .By the petition, and the return of Nelson Boioer, the sheriff of said county, the following facts of record appear:
On the 14th day of December, 1883, the petitioner was sentenced by the circuit court of La Payette county, on four several convictions for misdemeanors, to pay fine and costs, and, if not paid…
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