People v. Maunausau
Michigan Supreme Court
Exceptions before judgment to Isabella. (Hart, J.) Larceny. Respondents were convicted. The facts are stated in the opinion. The People elected to proceed against defendants jointly; if tried separately, in the absence of proof of a conspiracy, statements of one defendant made in the,absence and out of hearing of the other could not be received in evidence: Wharton’s Crim.
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Exceptions before judgment to Isabella. (Hart, J.) Larceny. Respondents were convicted. The facts are stated in the opinion. The People elected to proceed against defendants jointly; if tried separately, in the absence of proof of a conspiracy, statements of one defendant made in the,absence and out of hearing of the other could not be received in evidence: Wharton’s Crim. Ev. § 699 (8th ed.). The deposition of the witness, Navarre, offered to affect his credibility, was admissible. Tiie character of a witness upon the stand is open to examination, and it has always been held proper to show…
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
The defendants were jointly informed against and jointly tried for grand larceny, in the circuit court for the county of Isabella, and found guilty of petit larceny. The articles alleged to have been stolen were twenty-five pounds of horseshoe nails, one hundred pounds of beef, three grub-hoes, two binding chains, and two axes. The jury found defendants guilty only of taking the horseshoe nails, of the value of. six dollars.
One witness, James McJenkins, was allowed to testify to a conversation with the defendant Richard, in the absence of ■Samuel; and one Navarre was permitted to give…
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