Legal Opinion

People v. Burns

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided November 10, 1887PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Error to recorder’s court of Detroit. (Swift, J.) Respondent was convicted of burglary. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.

The respondent was charged with breaking and entering a store in the night-time. He was convicted of the offense in the recorder’s court in the city of Detroit, and *538sentenced to imprisonment for the period of twelve years.

The information charges that he committed the crime on the second day of November, 1884, and the prosecuting attorney was allowed to prove that on the twenty-fifth day of October preceding the respondent was seen in company with one Moses Stone, who was afterwards convicted of committing the burglary charged in the information. This is complained of as error.

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2Cited by15 opinions

  1. People v. MartinMichigan Supreme Court · 1971
  2. People v. SwiftMichigan Supreme Court · 1912
  3. People v. ErbMichigan Court of Appeals · 1973
  4. People v. RingMichigan Supreme Court · 1934
  5. People v. SawickiMichigan Court of Appeals · 1966

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