People v. Duncan

Defendant, while mayor of the city of River Rouge, was indicted in March of 1957 by Judge Bohn of the third judicial circuit sitting as a grand jury 1 charging him with (1) conspiracy to bribe, (2) bribery, (3) conspiracy to extort, and (4) extortion. Trial commenced before a jury, Judge Bowles presiding, on October 22d and was concluded on November 26, 1957, with a verdict of acquittal as to the third and fourth counts of conspiracy to extort and extortion and jury disagreement as to the first and second counts of conspiracy to bribe and bribery. On January 2, 1958, defendant moved the trial…