McGuire v. People

McGuire was convicted before the Superior Court of Grand Rapids of robbery, while armed with a dangerous weapon, committed on one Albertus Meyer. Meyer testified positively to the robbery on the night of November 17, 1879, while he was walking home with his little boy. He was approached from behind, gagged and thrown down, and his money stolen. He could not recognize the two men who robbed him before they ran out of sight, but the boy recognized McGuire and identified him. The most important * evidence, therefore, was that of the child, who was a few months over six years old.

An exception was…