State ex rel. Barth v. Burke

On April 24, 1962, Clifford W. Barth was convicted on 19 counts of issuing worthless checks in violation of sec. 943.24, Stats., in the county court of Outa-gamie county, Gustave J. Keller, Judge.

Barth was first brought before the county court on December 1, 1961, and was bound over for trial after waiving preliminary examination. The district attorney requested, and obtained, a ten-day period to investigate the matter further. On December 12, 1961, Barth again appeared before the court, and the information was read to him. The following then occurred:

“Q. Do you understand the information,…