People v. Osborn
Michigan Supreme Court
Exceptions before sentence from Calhoun; North, J. George Osborn was convicted of illegal voting. Respondent is unmarried, 27 years of age, and, born in Canada, is a naturalized citizen of the United States. His father, an itinerant Methodist clergyman, is not a citizen of the United States, though living in Michigan.
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Exceptions before sentence from Calhoun; North, J. George Osborn was convicted of illegal voting. Respondent is unmarried, 27 years of age, and, born in Canada, is a naturalized citizen of the United States. His father, an itinerant Methodist clergyman, is not a citizen of the United States, though living in Michigan. From Canada respondent came to Whittamore, Mich., but just before going to Albion, Mich., in September, 1905, he was teaching school in the township of Burley, Iosco county, Mich., where he was registered as an elector and voted. He has not lived with his parents for 12 years…
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
(after stating the facts). In the Constitution of 1850, section 5 of article 7 reads as follows:
*146“No elector shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his being employed in the service of the United States or of this State; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State or of the United States; or of the high seas; nor while a student of any seminary of learning; nor while kept at any almshouse or other asylum at public expense; nor while confined in any public prison, except that honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines who have served in the…
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