Case ID: or_23/html/0003-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Waldo, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

[Decided at October term, 1882.]
    
      STATE v. MIKE WEEKS et al.
    Verdict — Uncertainty—Amendment.—A verdict in a case where two defendants are jointly prosecuted that reads, “We the jury find the defendant guilty as charged,” is void for uncertainty; and such a verdict cannot be amended to show that it was intended to convict both defendants.
    Jackson County. Defendants appeal.
    Reversed.
    
      
       Not heretofore officially reported.
    
   Waldo, J.

On the trial of two defendants for larceny, a verdict which reads,. “ We, the jury empanneled to try the above case, find the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment,” is void for uncertainty. Such a verdict cannot be amended on the affidavits of the jurors showing that they intended to convict both defendants: Richards v. Sperry, 7 Wis. 219. Judgment reversed and new trial ordered: Corn v. Call, 21 Pick. 514; Stuart’s Case, 28 Gratt. 967; Hogan v. State, 30 Wis. 428.