Legal Opinion

People v. Yeager

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided May 28, 1897PublishedCited by 39 opinions

Exceptions before judgment from recorder’s court of Detroit; Chapin, J. Joseph H. Yeager was convicted of assault with intent to commit rape.

1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.

The defendant was convicted of assault with intent to commit rape, and the case is brought here for review on a single exception. After the *229jury were sworn, the court excluded from the court room all persons not legitimately interested in the case, but announced that any friend or person that was connected or related to or interested in the defendant himself was not to be excluded; and, finally, in order to carry into effect the order, the court asked all the people to retire from the court room, and directed the officer in attendance to admit any who were relatives or friends of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. MurrayMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
  2. People v. KerriganCalifornia Supreme Court · 1887

3Cited by39 opinions

  1. In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. People v. VaughnMichigan Supreme Court · 2012
  3. People v. JelkeNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
  4. Commonwealth v. BlondinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
  5. Davis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1917

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