In Re Converse
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. This was a petition for a writ of habeas corpus upon the ground that the petitioner is “ deprived of his liberty without due process of law, contrary to the provisions of the' Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.”
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. This was a petition for a writ of habeas corpus upon the ground that the petitioner is “ deprived of his liberty without due process of law, contrary to the provisions of the' Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.” It appears from'the record annexed to the petition that petitioner was arraigned in the Circuit Court for the county of Calhoun in the State of Michigan, upon an information in the words and figures following, to wit': “Herbert E. Winsor, prosecuting attorney for the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
The Supreme Court of Michigan held that the information charged the respondent with the crime of embezzlement; that the defendant was called upon to plead to this charge when arraigned; that' he pleaded guilty of embezzlement, and doubtedly understood when he made his plea that he was pleading guilty to the felony charged; that this conclusion was fortified by the private examination required by statute to be made by the judge before sentencing upon a plea of guilty, which was shown to have been had in this case; that the fact that the respondent collected the money as an attorney was…
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