Bishop v. Judge of Recorder's Court
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by Matthew H. Bishop, prosecuting attorney of Wayne county, to compel Charles T. Wilkins, recorder of the city of Detroit, to vacate an order granting a motion for an appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
This proceeding was instituted by the prosecuting attorney of Wayne county, to test the jurisdiction of the recorder’s court of the city of Detroit to entertain and grant a motion for special leave to appeal from a judgment in the police court of that city after the statutory limit for appeal had expired.
On May 3, 1919, one Robert West was complained against in the police court of the city of Detroit for a misdemeanor, arrested on a warrant duly ‘issued, convicted and sentenced to the Detroit house of correction for a period of 90 days. After the expiration of the statutory period for appeal…
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