People v. Blake
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Jackson; Parkinson, J. John Blake was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to imprisonment for life in the branch of the State prison at Marquette.
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
In May, 1906, the defendant was tried upon the charge of murder, and was by the jury convicted of murder in the second degree. He was thereupon sentenced to life imprisonment in the Marquette prison.
It appears that upon the night of March 18, or the early morning of March 19,1906, the pest office in the village of Brooklyn, located about 16 miles south of Jackson, had been broken open and a burglary committed. On the morning of the 19th E. H. Parish, then sheriff of Jackson county, received news of the Brooklyn burglary, and at about the same hour Sergeant Booth, a police officer of the city…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Firestone v. RiceMichigan Supreme Court · 1888
- People v. WilsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1885
- People v. KindraMichigan Supreme Court · 1894
- People v. VitaliMichigan Supreme Court · 1909
- Thompson v. EllsworthMichigan Supreme Court · 1878
3Cited by15 opinions
- Lee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- People v. EgerMichigan Supreme Court · 1941
- People v. ChimovitzMichigan Supreme Court · 1927
- People v. BakerMichigan Supreme Court · 1952
- People v. MatthewsMichigan Supreme Court · 1939
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