People v. Curtis

Curtis was, tried in the Cass county circuit court and convicted of murder in the second degree. Errors are assigned on rulings during the trial and in instructions to the jury. Macom "Wilson was the person killed.

The facts bearing on the case are these. On the 15th day of August, 1883, the respondent with many others attended a colored people’s celebration at a place called Osborn’s Grove, in .Calvin township. Clay "Wilson, a brother of deceased, had a temporary grocery on these premises near the south end, east of the north and south highway. Levi "Wilson, another brother, was in the…