People v. Coffman
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Schoolcraft. (Steere, J.) Information for murder. Convicted of manslaughter. Respondent appeals. Respondent was informed against at the January, 1885, term of the circuit court for Schoolcraft county for the murder of his wife, Julia Coffman.
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Error to Schoolcraft. (Steere, J.) Information for murder. Convicted of manslaughter. Respondent appeals. Respondent was informed against at the January, 1885, term of the circuit court for Schoolcraft county for the murder of his wife, Julia Coffman. Upon being arraigned his counsel moved to quash the information because 1. The records or files failed to show such a preliminary examination for said offense as the law provides, or a waiver thereof; and 2. It did not appear from such records or files that he had ever been charged with or arrested for said offense, except as he stands charged…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
The record in this case shows that the
respondent and his wife, Julia Coffman, resided at An Train, *6in the township of Onota, in the county of Schoolcraft, on the twenty-fourth day of August, 1884; that on that day he shot and killed his wife, and was thereupon arrested upon a complaint and warrant charging him with the crime of murder for killing his wife. .He was taken before the justice who issued the warrant, had his examination, was bound over for trial on the same charge, and in default of bail, was sent to jail, until the sitting of the circuit court at Manistique, in January term,…
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