State v. Compton
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Exceptions from the Circuit Court for Juneau County: This case was before the court upon exceptions under R. S. sec. 4720 (State v. Compton, 77 Wis. 460), where the facts are stated.
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Exceptions from the Circuit Court for Juneau County: This case was before the court upon exceptions under R. S. sec. 4720 (State v. Compton, 77 Wis. 460), where the facts are stated. Those exceptions were overruled, and, the case having been remanded, the defendant again, after the lapse of two or more terms, moved for a new trial for other reasons, in substance that (1) the circuit judge before whom the defendant was tried had died, and, as the extent and character of the punishment to be inflicted was discretionary, his successor in office had no judicial knowledge of the facts and…
1Opinion of the CourtPiNNEY, J.
The question in this case is whether the court has jurisdiction upon exceptions taken and allowed under sec. 4720, after the term at which the defendant was convicted. There are three methods of bringing criminal cases before this court for adjudication, namely, on exceptions, under sec. 4720; upon the report of the trial judge, under sec. 4721, when questions of law arise so important or doubtful as to require the decision of the supreme court; and upon writ of error, under sec. 4724. Under the two former sections the remedy exists after conviction and before judgment, and further…
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