State v. Hickok
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Bepobted from the circuit court for G-rant county: Geo. Clementson, Circuit Judge. On September 26, 1898, a complaint in writing was made to T. F. Baldwin, a justice of the peace residing and having his office in Lancaster, Grant county, Wisconsin, and sworn to before said justice of the peace, of which the following is a copy: “COMPLAINT EOR CRIMINAL WARRANT.
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Bepobted from the circuit court for G-rant county: Geo. Clementson, Circuit Judge. On September 26, 1898, a complaint in writing was made to T. F. Baldwin, a justice of the peace residing and having his office in Lancaster, Grant county, Wisconsin, and sworn to before said justice of the peace, of which the following is a copy: “COMPLAINT EOR CRIMINAL WARRANT. “ State of Wisconsin, Grant County, Gity of La/ncaster — ss.: James Ballantine, A. C. Tubbs, and Grant Ballantine, of lawful age, being severally duly sworn, on his oath, each for himself makes complaint and says that he has good reason…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
The defendant was convicted of having sold intoxicating liquors without a license, in violation of S. & B. Ann. Stats, sec. 1550. No question is made but that the justice of the peace residing in Lancaster had power and jurisdiction to hear, try, and determine the offense charged if it arose anywhere in Grant county. R. S. sec. 4739; State ex rel. Dunn v. Bilder, ante, p. 10. The complaint does charge that the offense was committed in Grant county.
It is contended, however, that the complaint is fatally defective because it fails to allege in what particular town, village, or city in that…
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