People v. Meservey
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kalamazoo. (Buck, J.) Respondents were convicted of burglary on their plea of guilty, and sentenced to State prison for the terms of five years, and remanded to jail to await the execution of such sentences, and on the same day made an unsuccessful attempt to break jail'; whereupon the sentences were vacated, and heavier ones imposed, under which respondents were confined in State prison at time of deciding this case.
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Error to Kalamazoo. (Buck, J.) Respondents were convicted of burglary on their plea of guilty, and sentenced to State prison for the terms of five years, and remanded to jail to await the execution of such sentences, and on the same day made an unsuccessful attempt to break jail'; whereupon the sentences were vacated, and heavier ones imposed, under which respondents were confined in State prison at time of deciding this case. The facts, and points of counsel passed upon by the Court, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
The defendants pleaded guilty in the Kalamazoo circuit court to an information charging them with burglary, on the twenty-third day of July, 1888. Thereupon, *224after a private examination, they were sentenced to be confined in the State prison at Jackson at hard labor; Meservey for the period of five years, and Smith for the same time, from and including the day of sentence.
On the next day, the twenty-fourth of July, 1888, the defendants were again brought into court, and the following order entered in each case:
“ In this cause, it appearing to the court that the sentence heretofore pronounced…
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