State v. Parish

Decided August 15, 1877

Wisconsin Supreme Court · decided 1877-08-15

<p>The statute (sec. 8, ch. 180, R. S.) does not authorize the judge of a circuit court, upon the trial of a criminal action, to report the case to the supreme court for its decision of a question of law arising therein, unless the defendant is convicted in such action.</p>

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Decided 1877-08-15

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¶1REPORTED by the Judge of the Eifth Judicial Circuit.

¶2The defendants pleaded mttrefois convict to an information for robbery. Upon the trial of the plea, certain records were given in evidence. The judge of the circuit court, being in doubt whether or not the plea was sustained by the records, certified the question to this court, under sec. 8, ch. 180, R. S.

¶3This court, however, refused to entertain the case, or to hear argument of the question, or to' make any order, upon the ground that the certificate gave this court no jurisdiction under the statute. State v. Kneifle, 12 Wis., 439.