Strang v. People
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Hillsdale Circuit. Joseph Strang and George H.' Williamson were charged, on the information of the prosecuting attorney of Hillsdale county, before the circuit court for the county of Hillsdale, with the offense of rape, committed upon Lovisa Towers. Strang was tried separately and convicted; and judgment having been entered on the verdict, the case comes into this court by writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.
The defendant and George H. Williamson were jointly informed against as principals iu a rape upon one Lovisa Towers. This defendant was tried separately and convicted, and he now brings the record to this court, assigning fifty-three errors. A number of these were not insisted upon on the argument, but those which were are so numerous that it will be convenient to consider them in connection with a statement of the proceedings as they took place on the trial.
Lovisa Towers, the prosecutrix, being placed on the stand, testified that she knew the defendant and had resided in his family. She was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brown v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1868
3Cited by51 opinions
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