People v. Kent
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to recorder’s court of Detroit; Connolly, J. C. A. Kent, Bryant Walker, Mark Sloman, Milton Sloman, and Samuel A. Sloman were convicted of violating an ordinance, and each sentenced to pay a fine of $25. Affirmed as to defendants Sloman, and reversed as- to defendants Kent and Walker, and said defendants discharged.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAlvay, J.
Defendants Kent and Walker, trustees of the Buhl estate and owners of the premises involved, *135and Mark Sloman, Milton Sloman, and Samuel A. Sloman, doing business as M. Sloman & Co., their tenants in possession, were prosecuted jointly before the recorder’s court of the city of Detroit for violation of a city ordinance. They were tried before the court without a jury, all found guilty and each fined the sum of $25.
The trustee owners and tenants have each come to this court on writs of error. The section of the ordinance under which the prosecution was had reads:
“ Section 5. No owner or…
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