Wisconsin Statutes 322.047 – Article 47 – Refusal to appear or testify
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 322.047
- Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Military court: means a court of inquiry under…. See Wisconsin Statutes 322.001
- Officer: means a commissioned or warrant officer. See Wisconsin Statutes 322.001
- Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
- This code: means this chapter. See Wisconsin Statutes 322.001
(1) Any person not subject to this code may be punished by the military court in the same manner as a court of the state, if all of the following apply:
(a) The person has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to produce books and records before a court-martial or court of inquiry, or before any military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before a court.
(b) The person has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates allowed to witnesses attending a court of the state.
(c) The person willfully neglects or refuses to appear, or refuses to qualify as a witness or to testify or to produce any evidence which that person may have been legally subpoenaed to produce.
(2) The fees and mileage of witnesses shall be advanced or paid out of the appropriations for the compensation of witnesses.