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MEDLOCK v. SCHMIDT

29 Wis.2d 114 (1965)

MEDLOCK, Appellant, v. SCHMIDT, Director of State Department of Public Welfare, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

November 30, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Barbee & Jacobson of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Lloyd A. Barbee.

For the respondent the cause was argued by William A. Platz, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

HEFFERNAN, J.

"When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less." Humpty Dumpty in Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

We agree with the decision of the learned trial judge, but conclude that the pardon document may on its face be construed to provide for a maximum sentence of thirty years.

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