Case Name: State ex rel. Schwenker, Appellant, vs. District Court of Milwaukee County and Page, District Judge, Respondents
Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
Decision Date: 1932-01-12
Citations: 206 Wis. 609
Docket Number: 
Parties: State ex rel. Schwenker, Appellant, vs. District Court of Milwaukee County and Page, District Judge, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Wisconsin Reports
Volume: 206
Pages: 609–610

Head Matter:
State ex rel. Schwenker, Appellant, vs. District Court of Milwaukee County and Page, District Judge, Respondents.
December 11, 1931
January 12, 1932.
For the appellant there was a brief by Gilbert, Ela, Heilman & Raeder of Madison and Miller, Mack & Fairchild of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Paid R. Newcomb of Milwaukee and Roman Heilman.
For the respondents there was a brief by the Attorney General, George A. Bowman, district attorney of Milwaukee county, and Walter J. Hofer, deputy district attorney, and oral argument by Mr. Bowman and Mr. Hofer.

Opinion:
Fairchild, J.
The petitioner is charged with a criminal violation of sec. 221.41 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
It is alleged that he, while commissioner of banking of the state of Wisconsin, failed, refused, and wilfully neglected to institute proceedings to secure a dissolution and winding up of the affairs of the Franklin State Bank, a Wisconsin corporation, for the reason that the directors, officers, agents, and employees of said bank continued to violate the provisions of ch. 221 of the Wisconsin Statutes after being warned by the said commissioner to discontinue such conduct.
This action is similar to and controlled by the decision in State ex rel. Schwenker v. District Court of Milwaukee County, decided herewith (ante, p. 600, 240 N. W. 406). Here, as in that case, the criminal complaint, taking into consideration the plea in abatement filed by the defendant, shows conclusively that no offense was committed by the petitioner in Milwaukee county, and hence no offense charged.
By the Court. — Order reversed, and cause remanded with directions to grant the writ.