People v. Williams
Michigan Supreme Court
Exceptions certified from tbe Recorder’s Court of tbe city of Detroit. Samuel and Abram Williams were charged, on tbe information of tbe prosecuting attorney of Wayne county, before tbe recorder’s court of tbe city of Detroit, with tbe larceny of two thousand six hundred dollars, the property of Bernard Williams. They were convicted, and a * bill of exceptions was settled and certified to this court before judgment, under tbe statute.
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Exceptions certified from tbe Recorder’s Court of tbe city of Detroit. Samuel and Abram Williams were charged, on tbe information of tbe prosecuting attorney of Wayne county, before tbe recorder’s court of tbe city of Detroit, with tbe larceny of two thousand six hundred dollars, the property of Bernard Williams. They were convicted, and a * bill of exceptions was settled and certified to this court before judgment, under tbe statute. Upon tbe empaneling of a jury for tbe trial of tbe cause, it appeared that the jurors for tbe term were drawn by tbe clerk and sheriff, and that eleven of tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.
The first exception in this case is, that the jurors were summoned by the sheriff of Wayne county instead of by an officer of the metropolitan police. There is no claim that the jurors were improperly drawn, or that there was any improper conduct by the sheriff. The only complaint is that the wrong officer summoned them. We think there is nothing in this objection. If the jurors, after being properly drawn, had. appeared without being summoned at all, no objection could have been taken afterwards; and at most the action of the sheriff can only be treated as a nullity. It is immaterial to this…
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