People v. Green

Defendants, members of the Michigan State legislature, were informed against for conspiring to corruptly influence the action of the legislature on proposed legislation during the session of 1941 providing regulations for the practice of naturopathy. Defendants were found guilty by a jury and appeal from the sentence pronounced pursuant to their conviction. Defendant Birk was a State senator and defendants Green and Walsh were members of the State house of representatives.

During the argument to the jury, defendant Green’s attorney made a lengthy denunciation of the prosecution’s principal…