Legal Opinion
People v. Kelly
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided February 12, 1894PublishedCited by 20 opinions
Error to recorder’s court of Detroit. (Chambers, J.) Respondent was convicted of being a disorderly person, under Act No. 264, Laws of 1889, and sentenced to imprisonment in the Detroit House of Correction for two years. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
1. It is first contended that Act No. 264, • Laws of 1889, is in conflict with section 20 of article 4 of the Constitution, in that it embraces more than one object. The act is entitled—
“ An act relative to disorderly persons, and to repeal chapter 53 of the Compiled Laws of 1871, as amended by the several acts amendatory thereof.”
Section 2 of the act provides that—
*84“ Any person complained of as being a disorderly person, and who shall be convicted or shall plead guilty, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $50 and costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county jail,or the Detroit…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. HanifanMichigan Supreme Court · 1893
3Cited by20 opinions
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