People v. Cook
Michigan Supreme Court
Exceptions before judgment from Washtenaw. Murder. Respondent was convicted of manslaughter.
1Opinion of the CourtMarston, J.
The respondent was tried upon an information charging him with having committed the •crime of murder and was convicted of manslaughter. ’The case comes here upon exceptions before sentence. *237The shooting of the deceased by respondent was not denied on the trial. The defense relied on was:
First. That the death was actually caused by morphine poisoning before the wound had so far affected vitality as to induce a belief that it was or could have-been the cause of death;
Second. Justifiable homicide, committed in order to-prevent the abduction and seduction of respondent’s-sister by the deceased;…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Stokes v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Pond v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1860
- People v. ScogginsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1869
- Dupree v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1859
- State v. MorphySupreme Court of Iowa · 1871
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- People v. . KaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- People v. LewisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
- Beauchamp v. Saginaw Mining Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1883
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