Legal Opinion

People v. Osborn

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided April 3, 1919No. Docket No. 116PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Error to Jackson; Parkinson, J. Ezra Osborn was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to imprisonment for life in the State prison at Jackson.

1Opinion of the Court

Fellows,'J.

Defendant here reviews his conviction of the murder of one Roy Bassett. Bassett was a taxicab driver, whose home was Lansing. On the *532morning of September 25, 1916, his taxicab was found in the highway about three and one-half miles east of the city of Jackson, and on the road to Michigan Center. It was seen standing there about seven o’clock the evening before. On the 26th of September the •body of Bassett was found 30 or 40 feet from where the taxicab was found, with two bullet holes in it, one of the bullets having passed through the heart. The body apparently had been dragged to…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. People v. TrineMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
  2. People v. FowlerMichigan Supreme Court · 1895
  3. People v. TreatMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Eberts v. Mt. Clemens Sugar Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1914
  5. Wheeler v. JenisonMichigan Supreme Court · 1899

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. People v. GessingerMichigan Supreme Court · 1927
  2. People v. WernerMichigan Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Walz v. Peninsular Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1922
  4. People v. JohnstonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1977
  5. People v. SpencerMichigan Court of Appeals · 1983

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