People v. Hoffmann
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to recorder’s court of Detroit; Murphy, J. John T. Hoffmann was convicted of obtaining money by false pretenses and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than four years in the State prison at Jackson. During the years 1903 and 1904 respondent was one of the coroners for the county of Wayne.
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Error to recorder’s court of Detroit; Murphy, J. John T. Hoffmann was convicted of obtaining money by false pretenses and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than four years in the State prison at Jackson. During the years 1903 and 1904 respondent was one of the coroners for the county of Wayne. Chapter 329 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, entitled “ Proceedings for the Discovery of Crime,” provides for inquests upon the view of the dead bodies of persons who have come to their death suddenly or by violence. The proceeding involves the summoning of a jury of six men, to whom in view of the…
1Opinion of the CourtOsteandee, J.
(after stating the facts). Before examining in detail the errors assigned, some general observations, based upon the record, may profitably be made. The holding of an inquest is not a perfunctory performance. The case of Josephine Summers was one illustrative of those within the legislative contemplation and definition as expressed in the statute providing for inquests. She had come to her death by violence, the nature and circumstances of which strongly indicated that a murder had been committed. Apparently an inquest, and such expert examination of the body as would furnish thereafter…
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