Cooper v. People
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Eaton. Complaint for violation of city ordinance against keeping saloons open after nine o’clock in the evening. Defendant was convicted and alleges error.
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
Cooper and one Joseph B. Mikesell were tried and convicted before a justice of the peace on a complaint charging them with having violated an ordinance of the city of Charlotte against keeping saloons open during certain hours of the night. They appealed to the circuit court and were again convicted, but Mike-sell died before judgment. Cooper being ordered to pay $25 within twenty-four hours, and in default to be committed to jail until the payment of the fine, but not longer than thirty days, has brought error.
The objection that the suit was not maintainable in the name of the people was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Mixer v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1873
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