People v. Chapman
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne. (Chambers, J.) Information for rape. Respondent was convicted. The facts are •stated in the opinions.
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
Under our statutes, which render all persons ■aiding, assisting, or abetting in the commission of a crime, whether present or not present, liable to indictment, trial, and punishment as principals, the respondent was proceeded against, tried, and convicted of rape upon the person of his wife, Maggie Chapman. Ilow. Stat. § 9515.
At the time of the trial the alleged actual perpetrator of the crime, James Reagan, had been convicted of the offense, :and the testimony of defendant’s guilt was mainly derived :from his evidence, and that of the wife.
The principal objection goes to the merits of the…
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