People v. Lay

Defendant, on leave granted, appeals from his conviction of a misdemeanor and sentence therefor to the Detroit house of correction for 90 days. Part of the statement of facts recited in defendant’s brief is as follows:

“On February 17, 1952, officers from the city of Detroit police department came to 539 E. Palmer avenue in the city of Detroit, where they were met by the appellant, Calloway Lay, who told them that he had put cyanide in a quart bottle of milk and put it outside his door in order to get the person Avho had been stealing his milk; that the milk had been stolen that morning, and…