North v. People

At the October term, 1890, of the Livingston circuit court, the plaintiff in error, Daniel North, was convicted of the murder of William Hodge, and sentenced to suffer the extreme penalty of the law—death. Hodge was acting as city marshal of Pontiac, and it is claimed on behalf of the People that he was fatally shot by North while attempting to arrest him for carrying concealed weapons. It is not denied on behalf of North that he fatally shot Hodge, but it is claimed on his behalf that he did so while acting in his necessary self-defense,, or, at least, that the conduct of Hodge, at and…