Legal Opinion

People v. Gobles

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided November 3, 1887PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Error to Kalamazoo. (Mills, J.) Kespondent was convicted in the recorder’s court of furnishing intoxicating liquor to a minor, and sentenced to the State house of correction at Ionia, which judgment was affirmed on certiorari in the circuit court. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtChamplin, J.

Complaint was entered against respondent before the recorder of the city of Kalamazoo for furnishing liquor to Nellie Rafter, a minor of the age of four years, said respondent not being a druggist. He was arrested and convicted, and removed the record into the circuit court for the county of Kalamazoo, where the judgment was affirmed. The errors assigned in the affidavit for certiorari (being the same which are assigned here) raise three questions of law:

1. The recorder had no authority to hear, try, and determine the case.

%. The recorder had no authority to sentence the respondent to be…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Harris v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
  2. Hargrave v. WeberMichigan Supreme Court · 1887

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. ArmistedMichigan Court of Appeals · 2011
  2. State v. BednarNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1909
  3. In re KreinerMichigan Supreme Court · 1909
  4. In re SilverthornMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
  5. People v. SmithMichigan Supreme Court · 1895

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