Chilvers v. People
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to the Recorder’s Court of Detroit, 'where plaintiff in error was convicted on a complaint for a violation of an ordinance of said city relative to ferries, approved July 24, 1861. The case was submitted in the Court below on the following stipulation as the sole evidence: “ The People v. Thomas Chilvers.
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Error to the Recorder’s Court of Detroit, 'where plaintiff in error was convicted on a complaint for a violation of an ordinance of said city relative to ferries, approved July 24, 1861. The case was submitted in the Court below on the following stipulation as the sole evidence: “ The People v. Thomas Chilvers. It is hereby stipulated to be used in evidence on the trial of this case, that at the time mentioned in the complaint, the defendant was captain of the Gem, a steamboat used and employed in the-business of carrying passengers and property from Detroit to Windsor in Canada, a village…
1Opinion of the Court
Manning J.:
Chilvers, the plaintiff in error, was prosecuted in the Recorder’s Court of the city of Detroit, under a city ordinance, for keeping a ferry over Detroit river, between the city and Windsor on the opposite side of the river, in Canada, without a license from the city for that purpose, and was fined one dollar and the costs.
Several objections are taken to the proceedings before the Recorder.
The first objection relates to the form of the complaint; but as that has been waived we shall pass over it without further noticing it, and proceed to the consideration of the several objections…
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