Legal Opinion

People v. Hurst

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1879PublishedCited by 32 opinions

Exceptions before judgment from the Becorder’s Court of Detroit. Criminal indictment eor perjury. Verdict of guilty in the court below.

1Opinion of the Court

Campbell, O. J.

Respondent was indicted for perjury in the circuit court for the County of Wayne, and the indictment was certified to the recorder’s court for trial, where he was convicted. The perjury charged was in giving testimony in a chancery suit against his father, himself and others, concerning the consideration and circumstances of certain conveyances alleged to be fraudulent.

The solicitor for the complainant against whom Hurst had testified in the matter out of which this prosecution grew was against objection allowed to assist in the prosecution of the criminal suit. This case comes…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Meister v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1875
  2. Sneed v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1878
  3. People ex rel. Christopher v. Circuit JudgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1877
  4. People ex rel. Heath v. Circuit JudgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1877
  5. People ex rel. Covell v. Treasurer of Kent CountyMichigan Supreme Court · 1877

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. State v. KentNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Thalheim v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1896
  3. Clement v. GrahamSupreme Court of Vermont · 1906
  4. United States v. RosenthalU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1903
  5. Born v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1964

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