Lightfoot v. People
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to the Recorder’s Court of Detroit. The defendant was convicted upon an information for the crime of burglary. The case was removed to this court by writ of error with bill of exceptions. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell J.
Defendant was indicted for burglary. Upon the trial, one of the witnesses, in giving a narrative of what took place at the time, stated that defendant said he was the man who had broken into the house in the previous May.
The witness was then asked whether the house was broken into in May, and was allowed under objection to answer the question, and describe the breaking.
This was improperly allowed. What the witness said about defendant’s statement concerning the May burglary would not have been admissible as a distinct piece of evidence. It only got into the case as part of a…
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