People v. Murray
Michigan Supreme Court
Exceptions before judgment from St. Clair. (Stevens, J.) Criminal information for aiding an escape. Respondent was convicted. Offenses against city ordinances are not criminal: Mixer v. Supervisors 26 Mich. 422; an ordinance without an enacting clause is ineffective: Stevenson v. Bay City 26 Mich. 44.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
The respondents in this case were charged and convicted in the St. Clair circuit for aiding one Nettie Russell to escape, who was arrested and alleged to have been in the lawful custody of the chief of police, on a warrant issued under an ordinance of the city of Port Huron, charging her and others with being disorderly persons. The information does not, in express terms, allege that the respondents knew of the arrest of the party charged, or that she was in custody, or that the respondents did the criminal act charged with an intent to aid her escape. It is claimed by respondents’ counsel…
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