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STATE v. BRILL

1 Wis.2d 288 (1957)

STATE, Respondent, vs. BRILL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 4, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Vaudreuil & Vaudreuil of Kenosha, and oral argument by Leo E. Vaudreuil.

For the respondent there was a brief by the Attorney General, and William A. Platz, assistant attorney general, and Dexter D. Black, district attorney of Racine county, and Edward A. Krenzke, special assistant district attorney, and oral argument by Mr. Krenzke and Mr. Platz.

BROADFOOT, J.

The first question to be determined is whether or not the defendant was a prisoner more than six months after December 24, 1954, when he was bound over, or in the words of the statute "held to answer." The statute quoted above was in effect for more than six months after that date. The defendant contends that he was a prisoner although not confined in the county jail because he had given bail. The state on the other hand contends that "prisoner" refers...

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