Chapman v. People
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Ingham. Information for murder. Respondent was convicted below and sentenced to sixteen years’ imprisonment at hard labor in the State prison.
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
Defendant below was convicted of the murder of John E. Morley and brings error. The principal error which induced this court to reverse the judgment, at the last term, was that the crime set forth in the information is not the same in description as the one which the prosecution was allowed to put in proof.
The information, which is very meager in its allegations, sets forth that Chapman “on the twelfth day of *358November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, at the township of Meridian, in said Ingham county, with force and arms did make a felonious assault in and upon the body of one…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- People v. OlmsteadMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
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- Merwin v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1873
- People v. TylerMichigan Supreme Court · 1859
- Brown v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
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3Cited by21 opinions
- People v. StevensonMichigan Supreme Court · 1982
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- People v. DuffieldMichigan Supreme Court · 1972
- Alderson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1924
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