Hill v. People
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Alpena Circuit. Tlie defendant below was- convicted upon an information for murder. After the trial it was discovered that one of the jurors was an alien. A motion was made for a new trial, founded upon affidavits tending to show the alienage of the juror. The motion was overruled. Error is assigned upon said fact.
1Opinion of the Court
Christianoy J.
The defendant below was tried and convicted in the Circuit Court for the county of Alpena for the crime of murder. He moved for a new trial on the ground that "William Dickson, one of the jurors before whom the trial was had, was an alien, and not a citizen of the United States or of this state, and that this was unknown to the defendant or his counsel until after the rendition of the verdict.
These facts were shown by affidavits, and appear to have been undisputed.
The circuit judge refused to grant the new trial, not upon the ground that these facts were not properly and fully…
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