State v. Harris

• Decision Date: 23 September 1879
• Citation: 2 N.W. 543,47 Wis. 298
• Parties: THE STATE v. HARRIS
• Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court

2 N.W. 543

47 Wis. 298

THE STATE v. HARRIS

Supreme Court of Wisconsin

September 23, 1879

CERTIFIED on Exceptions from the Circuit Court for Brown County.

Exception overruled and cause remanded.

The cause was submitted on the brief of John J. Tracy for the defendant, and that of the Attorney General for the state.

OPINION

DAVID TAYLOR, J.

The opinion in the case of The State v. Doxtater, ante, p. 278, disposes of the exceptions of the defendant in this case adversely to her. In that opinion it is expressly held that the criminal laws of the state extend to all parts of the state, including the Oneida reservation, within the boundaries of which the offense charged against the defendant was committed; and as the evidence shows that she was not an Indian, and did not belong to the tribe of Oneida Indians, there can be no pretense that she was not subject to the criminal laws of the state, on any grounds personal to herself, as was claimed in the case of Doxtater.

By the Court.--The exceptions of the defendant are overruled, and the cause remanded with directions to the circuit court to proceed to judgment against the defendant.