People v. Summers

Respondent and one H. C. Nelson were informed against jointly. Respondent demanded a separate trial, which was granted him, and a verdict of the jury was rendered against him. The information contained three counts. The first one was withdrawn from the consideration of the jury by the trial judge. The other two are as follows:

“2. And the said prosecuting attorney further gives the court to understand and be informed that heretofore, to wit, at the township of Erin, in said county of Macomb, on the 29th day of May, 1896, the said H. C. Nelson and Jacob L. Summers, with the intent to cheat and…