People v. Babcock

The defendant was convicted of the crime of perjury and appeals to this court, claiming that the trial court erred in refusing to grant his motion for a mistrial for alleged misconduct on the part of the prosecuting attorney in his opening statement to the jury, and also assigning error on the part of the court in overruling his objections to certain testimony offered by-the prosecution.

It appears from the record that one Phil Lamoreaux was tried in a justice court in the city of West Branch, Ogemaw county, on July 28, 1941, for the offense of having shot a deer out of season on or about July…