Karakutza v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
EeRoe to review a judgment of tbe municipal court of Milwaukee county: A. C. Backus, Judge. The information in this case contained one count charging murder in the first degree, the verdict was guilty, and the plaintiff in error (hereinafter called the defendant) was sentenced to life imprisonment, and brings his writ of error to reverse the judgment. The evidence was purely circumstantial.
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EeRoe to review a judgment of tbe municipal court of Milwaukee county: A. C. Backus, Judge. The information in this case contained one count charging murder in the first degree, the verdict was guilty, and the plaintiff in error (hereinafter called the defendant) was sentenced to life imprisonment, and brings his writ of error to reverse the judgment. The evidence was purely circumstantial. Horan Jarakain, an Armenian doctor living in Milwaukee, was murdered during the night of March 16, 1914, and his body was found pierced with three bullet wounds at 2:30 p. m. on the following day in a…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed March 14, 1916:
WiNsnow, C. J.
The contention that the verdict is not sustained by the evidence must be overruled. While the proof of guilt was entirely circumstantial it was none the less persuasive and we see no reason to suppose that there has been any miscarriage of justice. The introduction in evidence of the Turkish money and the pistol found in the defendant’s possession was entirely proper. Their probative value was a question for the jury to consider. The serious question in’ the case arises upon the supplemental charge to the jury. Evidently some of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Walrath v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1878
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3Cited by8 opinions
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