People v. Swift

,Steers, J.

In December, 1910, respondent was convicted by the verdict of a jury in the circuit court of Charlevoix county under an information charging him with having, on November 23, 1909, committed an act of gross indecency with a boy named Merrill Griffin, in violation of Act No. 198 of the Public Acts of 1903, which provides: 0

“That any male person who in public or private commits or is a party to the commission of or procures or attempts to procure the commission by any male person of any act of gross indecency with another male person shall be deemed guilty of a felony*” etc.

The…