People v. Riker
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Genesee; Stevens, J. Aaral A. Riker was convicted of violating the local option law, and sentenced to pay a fine of $150 and to imprisonment for 120 days in the Detroit house of correction. Defendant was convicted of violating the local option law (2 Comp. Laws 1915, § 7080 et seq.). Sentence having been pronounced, he brings the case here by writ of error. He conducted a grocery and drug store in the city of Flint where the local option law was in force.
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Error to Genesee; Stevens, J. Aaral A. Riker was convicted of violating the local option law, and sentenced to pay a fine of $150 and to imprisonment for 120 days in the Detroit house of correction. Defendant was convicted of violating the local option law (2 Comp. Laws 1915, § 7080 et seq.). Sentence having been pronounced, he brings the case here by writ of error. He conducted a grocery and drug store in the city of Flint where the local option law was in force. The illegal sale is claimed to have occurred on February 16, 1917.. In view of some of the questions raised it becomes necessary…
1Opinion of the CourtFellows, J.
(after stating the facts). It was the claim of defendant that Mrs. Siegel’s marriage to Mr. Siegel was an unlawful one, that she had at that time a husband living, that untruthful statements were made in the affidavit for the marriage license and that her former life had not been above reproach. Defendant’s counsel insist that the cross-examination of this witness upon these questions was unduly limited by the court. It is true, as insisted by counsel, that upon cross-examination, within reasonable limits, a witness may be very thoroughly sifted to develop his antecedents — his true…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Braidwood v. HarmonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1971