STATE EX REL. WELCH v. WAUKESHA CO. CIR. COURT


52 Wis.2d 221 (1971)

189 N.W.2d 417

STATE EX REL. WELCH, Petitioner, v. WAUKESHA COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided September 2, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner there was a brief by Hippenmeyer, Reilly & Arenz, and William F. Reilly and Donald S. Molter, Jr., all of Waukesha, and oral argument by William F. Reilly.

For the respondents the cause was argued by Michael L. Zaleski, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Robert W. Warren, attorney general.


PER CURIAM.

This petition raises the question of whether a person who has been indicted for a felony is entitled by the statutes of the state of Wisconsin to a preliminary hearing.

James E. Welch, coroner of Waukesha county was indicted on two counts of theft in violation of sec. 943.20 (1) (a), Stats., and one count of misconduct in public office in violation of sec. 946.12 (2), by a Waukesha county grand jury. Welch was summoned and appeared

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