People v. Minney
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Berrien'; Coolidge, J. Max Minney was convicted of mutilating a horse in violation of 3 Comp. Laws, § 11581, and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than two nor more than five years in the State prison at Jackson. Respondent was convicted under section 11581, 3 Comp. Laws, of mutilating a horse belonging to one Murphy by cutting off its tongue. The mutilation occurred during the night of September 19, 1907, while the horse was in its owner’s barn.
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Error to Berrien'; Coolidge, J. Max Minney was convicted of mutilating a horse in violation of 3 Comp. Laws, § 11581, and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than two nor more than five years in the State prison at Jackson. Respondent was convicted under section 11581, 3 Comp. Laws, of mutilating a horse belonging to one Murphy by cutting off its tongue. The mutilation occurred during the night of September 19, 1907, while the horse was in its owner’s barn. Respondent had lived in the vicinity for more than 20 years. For two years prior to September 19th, he lived in the family of one…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
(after stating the facts). 1. After an examination of the evidence we will not determine that it is insufficient to justify a verdict of guilty. We may remark that the statement of the court that it should not direct a verdict when the evidence is entirely insufficient upon which to base a conviction is not correct. If upon the conceded or undisputed facts there is no ground to sustain a verdict of guilty, the court should direct a verdict. The *537question then becomes one of law for the court. The statement by the court was made undoubtedly upon the entire evidence in the case, some of which…
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