Legal Opinion

People v. Cleveland

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided December 10, 1895PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Error to Hillsdale; Lane, J. George Cleveland was convicted of assault with intent to murder, and sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison at Jackson for eight years.

1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.

The respondent was informed against, jointly with Robert Mehan and Frank Swidenski, for assault with intent to commit the crime of murder, and on a second trial was convicted, and sentenced to the state prison at Jackson for a term of eight years. He was tried separately..

The people’s proofs tended to show that the complaining witness, Eugene Weatherwax, was the keeper of a general store at Somerset Center, Hillsdale county, and on July 11, 1891, after he had closed" his store for the night, he was called from his living rooms, which adjoined the store, by a party who claimed he wanted to buy…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. KnappMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
  2. State v. MusickSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
  3. People v. MarbleMichigan Supreme Court · 1878
  4. Ryan v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
  5. State v. StrubleSupreme Court of Iowa · 1887

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Fitzpatrick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  2. Musser v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1901
  3. Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1904
  4. People v. BunkerMichigan Court of Appeals · 1970
  5. McDuffie v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905

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