Legal Opinion

People v. Kent

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1843PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Motion in arrest of judgment, after verdict of guilty, on the trial of the defendant on an indictment for larceny in the Circuit Court for the county of Washtenaw, before Hon. Wm. A. Fletcher, Presiding Judge, who reserved the questions arising on the motion for the determination of this Court. The grounds of the motion appear in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the CourtFelch, J.

This was an indictment for larceny, charging the defendant with stealing “six promissory notes, *43issued by the Bank of Michigan, of the denomination of five dollars each, commonly called bank bills, of thq value of thirty dollars; six bank bills, each of the denomination of five dollars, issued by the Bank of Michigan, at Detroit, in said state, of the value of thirty dollars ; six bank bills, of the denomination of five dollars each, of the value of thirty dollars, of the goods and chattels of one Samuel Warner and one George Klinedob.”

The defendant’s counsel contended, both on the trial and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Commonwealth v. RichardsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1805

3Cited by12 opinions

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  5. Lamonte v. WardWisconsin Supreme Court · 1875

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