Sullivan v. People

The plaintiff in error was tried in the circuit court for the county of Houghton, upon an information charging him with having, on the 16 th day of December, 1873, at, etc., willfully and feloniously, and of malice aforethought, assaulted, beaten and wounded one William W. Perry, with the intent, him, the said Perry, then and there to kill and murder.

The defendant below (plaintiff in error) was convicted, and sentenced to tbe state prison at Jackson for ten years.

“There was evidence” (as appears by the bill of exceptions) “ tending to show that respondent, on the morning of January 2, 1874,…