Legal Opinion
People v. Burke
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided May 26, 1909No. Docket No. 117PublishedCited by 9 opinions
Error to Mecosta; Palmer, J, James Burke and Charles Thompson were convicted of destroying a bank safe with intent to commit the crime of larceny, and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 15 nor more than 30 years in the State prison at Jackson.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
Respondents were jointly informed against for a violation of 3 Comp. Laws, § 11506, entitled “An act relating to the punishment of bank, safe and vault robbery,” and reading:
“ That whoever, with the intent to commit the crime of larceny, or any felony, * * * shall attempt to break, burn, blow up, or otherwise injure or destroy any safe, vault, or other depository of money, * * * shall, whether he succeeds or fails in the perpetration of such larceny or felony, be punished by imprisonment in the State prison for life or any term of years.”
They were convicted and sentenced to hard labor at the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Hamilton v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
- People v. SeamanMichigan Supreme Court · 1895
- People v. StubenvollMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
- People v. FinleyMichigan Supreme Court · 1878
- People v. LonsdaleMichigan Supreme Court · 1899
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3Cited by9 opinions
- People v. DavisMichigan Supreme Court · 1955
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- State v. Wong SunMontana Supreme Court · 1943
- People v. McHughMichigan Supreme Court · 1938
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