State v. Green
Wisconsin Supreme Court
This case came up from Dane Circuit, on the report of the judge of questions of law arising on the trial, for the advice and opinion of this court. The indictment is substantially set out in the opinion of the court.
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This case came up from Dane Circuit, on the report of the judge of questions of law arising on the trial, for the advice and opinion of this court. The indictment is substantially set out in the opinion of the court. The report of the judge is as follows: "This cause having been brought to trial in the circuit court for said State, held in and for the county of Dane, at the November term of said court in the year 1858, before the undersigned, the judge appointed by law to hold the said term of the court; and the said defendant having been convicted in said circuit court of the charge in the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Cole J.
This is an indictment upon section thirty-three, of chapter one hundred and thirty-four, of the revised statutes, for obtaining goods and money under false pretences. The cause was tried at the November term of the circuit court of Dane county, and the jury found the defendant guilty. A motion was made in arrest of judgment upon the ground that the indictment was not sufficient to sustain the verdict, and that it did not charge the defendant with any crime under the statute. Thereupon the circuit court stayed all proceedings under the conviction and reported the case to…
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