Thomas v. Montcalm Circuit Judge

On October 9, 1928, complaint was lodged with a justice of the peace of Montcalm county charging the present plaintiff with the larceny of 4 bushels of rye of the value of $4, the property of the Pere Marquette Railway Company. The following day plaintiff was arrested, arraigned before the justice, pleaded guilty, was fined $25 and costs with the alternative of 60 days in the county jail. He then paid the fine and costs. On October 19th he perfected an appeal to the circuit court for Montcalm county. The prosecuting attorney moved to dismiss the appeal because the judgment of conviction has…