Legal Opinion
People v. Jefferson
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided June 6, 1910No. Docket No. 137PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Error to Hillsdale; Chester, J. George Jefferson was convicted of having skeleton keys in his possession, and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than five nor more than ten years in the State prison at Jackson.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The defendant has appealed from a conviction, based on section 11589, 3 Comp. Laws, which provides that:
“Every person who shall knowingly have in his possession, any engine, machine, tool or implement, adapted and designed for cutting through, forcing or breaking open any building, room, vault, safe or other depository, in order to steal therefrom any money or other property, knowing the same to be adapted and designed for the purpose aforesaid, with intent to use or employ the same, for the purpose aforesaid, shall be, on conviction thereof, punished by imprisonment in the State prison not…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. HowardMichigan Supreme Court · 1888
- People v. EdwardsMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
- People v. JonesMichigan Supreme Court · 1900
3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. HefflinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1936
- State v. HartSupreme Court of Kansas · 1967
- Martin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- State v. LortsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1954
- State v. WatsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1964
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