People v. Fritch
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to the recorder’s court of the city of Detroit; Phelan, J. George A. Pritch was convicted of manslaughter. . It is alleged in the information that on the 27th of August, 1909, at the city of Detroit, the respondent— “With force and arms in and upon one Maybelle Mill-man, in the peace of the people of the State of Michigan, then and there being, wilfully did make an assault and then and there wilfully did use and employ a certain instrument or instruments, the name or…
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Error to the recorder’s court of the city of Detroit; Phelan, J. George A. Pritch was convicted of manslaughter. . It is alleged in the information that on the 27th of August, 1909, at the city of Detroit, the respondent— “With force and arms in and upon one Maybelle Mill-man, in the peace of the people of the State of Michigan, then and there being, wilfully did make an assault and then and there wilfully did use and employ a certain instrument or instruments, the name or names of which are as yet unknown, and other means, the exact nature of which are as yet unknown, in and upon and about…
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
(after stating the facts). The principal questions presented by the record and argued in the brief are:(1) Was it competent to prove the declarations of the deceased to establish (a) her condition or supposed condition, and the purpose of her visit to Detroit; (6) what respondent said to her upon the occasion of her visit to him on August 26, 1909 ?(2) If such testimony was competent for any purpose, was it competent to prove the corpus delicti?(3) Was it competent for the people to prove that re*279spondent, after his arrest, was given an opportunity to make, and did not make, a statement ?(4)…
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