People v. Ross

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] I am not in accord with the opinion prepared by the Chief Justice. It may be well to state the case we have before us: Defendant believed that August LaPlant, a neighbor, had money, so, July 10, 1925, he took a rifle and shells from the family home, and, accompanied by his 11-year old brother, lay in wait alongside the railroad track over which he knew Mr. LaPlant would walk on his return from the city of Negaunee. When Mr. LaPlant had passed the hiding place,…