People v. Cummerford

The defendant was convicted of the offense of not keeping his saloon closed on the night of the 30th of January, 1885, from and after the hour of ten o’clock in the evening until six o’clock in the morning of the succeeding day. Before the jury were impaneled in the Becordér’s Court of the city of Detroit, where the case was tried, the defendant, by his counsel, moved to quash the complaint, on the ground that it did not set forth any offense under the laws of this State, which motion was denied, and exception taken. John Spillane, an officer of the Metropolitan police, testified that…