Pond v. People
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to tbe District Court of tbe Upper Peninsula, for tbe county of Mackinac. Tbe plaintiff in error was tried on an information for tbe murder of one Isaac Blanchard, and convicted of manslaughter.
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Error to tbe District Court of tbe Upper Peninsula, for tbe county of Mackinac. Tbe plaintiff in error was tried on an information for tbe murder of one Isaac Blanchard, and convicted of manslaughter. Upon tbe trial, as appears from tbe bill of exceptions, tbe following facts were proved: Tbe homicide was committed on tbe 18th day of June, '1859, at Seúl Choix,a point of land in Delta county, which is attached to Mackinac county for judicial purposes, extending about a mile into lake Michigan, and situate near its northern extremity about seventy-five miles from Mackinac. It was inhabited by…
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell J.:
The defense of this case, as presented in the court below, was based upon a claim that the accused was only chargeable with excusable or justifiable homicide. And as most of the questions raised before us involve the consideration of the same subject, it may be necessary to examine somewhat carefully into the rules which divide homicide into its various heads, and determine the character of each act of slaying.
The facts are claimed, by the counsel for the accused, to have a tendency to establish the act as innocent on various grounds: first, as excusable in defence of himself or…
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