People v. Utter

After dark on the evening of November 25, 1918, a man named John Smary who lived alone in a small sequestered building, called by witnesses a “shanty” or “shack,” near a creek in the outskirts of the city of Ionia was assaulted while alone near his home with a club or other heavy instrument and mortally wounded. He was shortly thereafter *77found in a helpless condition by a neighbor whose wife’s attention had been attracted by some unusual noise or outcry in that direction causing him to go over and investigate. He took Smary into his shanty and temporarily cared for him. Medical aid was…