Beauregard v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Error to review a judgment of tbe circuit court for Bay-field county: JohN K. Parish, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff in error was, in due form, charged with having, at Bayfield county, Wisconsin, on the 2d day of December, 1909, with premeditated design to effect such end, committed the crime of murder in the first degree by taking the life of Louis Mitchell.
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Error to review a judgment of tbe circuit court for Bay-field county: JohN K. Parish, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff in error was, in due form, charged with having, at Bayfield county, Wisconsin, on the 2d day of December, 1909, with premeditated design to effect such end, committed the crime of murder in the first degree by taking the life of Louis Mitchell. He was tried on the issue of not guilty, resulting' in his being convicted of the full offense named, and was, accordingly, in due form, sentenced as required by law, questions discussed in the opinion being saved for review in this court.
1Opinion of the Court
MaRsttat.t,, J.
The following appeared on' the trial without substantial controversy: On the night of December 2 and 3, 1909, the accused, — a tall strong man about twenty-five years of age, — his aunt, a woman about fifty years old, known as “Quiz,” her husband, Louis Mitchell, a man about seventy-five years of age, Maggie Sullivan, Mrs. Mitchell’s aunt — an old lady, — and a small boy, the son of Mitchell and wife, were .at the latter’s home in the woods quite a distance from other habitations. They were all partly of Indian blood. The house was a small affair, having, in the main, one room…
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