People v. Taylor
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Saginaw; Snow, J. Orson D. Taylor was convicted of obtaining a signature to promissory notes by means of false pretenses, and sentenced to imprisonment for six years in the state prison at Jackson.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The defendant was convicted of the offense of obtaining the signature of the complainant to three promissory notes by means of false pretenses, and has brought the case to this court by writ of error.
The record shows that upon a former trial a jury was impaneled and sworn, and testimony taken, when the judge ordered all proceedings to be quashed and the prisoner discharged. The journal entry, after reciting that the jury was impaneled and sworn, proceeded as follows :
“After hearing counsel for the respective parties, and the court being fully advised in the matter, it is ordered that all…
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