Legal Opinion

People v. Mol

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided October 4, 1904No. Docket No. 193PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Exceptions before judgment from superior court of Grand Rapids; Newnham, J. James Mol was convicted of accepting a bribe.

1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.

Respondent was convicted in the superior court of Grand Rapids of the charge of corruptly •accepting $350 to vote as an alderman in favor of the city of Grand Rapids entering into the same water contract which was before this court in People v. Salsbury, 134 Mich. 537 (96 N. W. 936), and People v. McGarry, 136 Mich. 316 (99 N. W. 147).

Six of the men who sat as jurors on respondent’s trial had only a few days before assented to a verdict of guilty in the case of People v. Jacob P. Ellen. Respondent exhausted his peremptory challenges. He challenged these jurors for cause. The trial court…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. People v. SalsburyMichigan Supreme Court · 1903
  2. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
  3. People v. McGarryMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Railway Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1895
  5. People v. QuimbyMichigan Supreme Court · 1903

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Krulewitch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. People v. MacCulloughMichigan Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Commonwealth v. StuartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
  4. Kolkman v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1931
  5. Daniels v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1927

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