Legal Opinion

People v. Wilson

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided January 7, 1885PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Error to the Recorder’s Court of Detroit. (Swift. J.) Murder. Respondent brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtCooley, C. J.

The respondent was tried and has been convicted of the murder of Alonzo E. Bullard, who at the time was a policeman of the City of Detroit.

The following is a condensed statement of the facts developed on the trial.

On Wednesday November 27, 1883, the respondent was residing on Canfield street, Detroit, near Wabash avenue. At about six o’clock in the evening of that day he had or pretended to have an errand at the grocery store of one Heise a little distance from his house on the avenue, and went out to attend to it. Arriving at the store, according to his story, *509he saw Heise standing at the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad v. Van SteinburgMichigan Supreme Court · 1868
  2. Scripps v. ReillyMichigan Supreme Court · 1878
  3. Brown v. MarshallMichigan Supreme Court · 1882
  4. Drennan v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1862
  5. Porter v. ThroopMichigan Supreme Court · 1882

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. People v. McGillenMichigan Supreme Court · 1974
  2. Posell v. HerscovitzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
  3. People v. McCreaMichigan Supreme Court · 1942
  4. People v. UtterMichigan Supreme Court · 1921
  5. People v FigguresMichigan Supreme Court · 1996

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