People v. Johnson
Michigan Supreme Court
Exceptions before sentence from Houghton; O’Brien, J. James Johnson was convicted of manslaughter.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
On January 31, 1914, John Laitila, a miner, received wounds which resulted in his death on February 13, 1914. The respondent was charged with his murder. He was convicted of manslaughter. The case is here on exceptions before sentence.
The respondent is a Norwegian, who came to this country in 1913. He went to Houghton county in the fall of that year, to work in the mines. A miners’ strike was on at the time, but he claims he did not know of it until the third morning after his arrival, when a man called Big Mike told him, and said he must not work, and advised him to join the union, and that…
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