People v. Hepner

Appellants and others were charged with conspiracy to murder one Arthur Kingsley, of Highland Park, Michigan. The case was heard by a judge of the recorder’s court of the city of Detroit without a jury. Seventeen defendants were originally named in the information. Of these, one was released on an order nolle prosequi, and seven were acquitted. The remaining nine were found guilty and they have appealed.

Plaintiff claims that the defendants, as members of an organization, conspired together for the purpose of killing Kingsley, a publisher of a Highland Park newspaper, who was consistently…