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Criminal Law And Procedure - Indictments - Resubmission To Grand Jury
Criminal Law And Procedure - Indictments - Resubmission To Grand Jury
Michigan Law Review
The defendant was charged with criminal homicide but the grand jury refused to find a true bill. Two more bills were sent to the grand jury, identical in terms with the first. The third was returned a true bill. Defendant claimed error in overruling his motion to quash the indictment. Held, the motion to quash the indictment should have been granted as the subsequent bills were improper. State v. Ledford, (N. C. 1932) 166 S. E. 917.
Equity- Contempts - Purgation By Sworn Answer - Doctrine Of Variance
Equity- Contempts - Purgation By Sworn Answer - Doctrine Of Variance
Michigan Law Review
At the suit of X Traction Company defendants had been enjoined from operating busses along streets upon which plaintiff operated its cars. The latter .filed an information in the name of the State charging the defendants with wilful violation of the restraining order, and moved for an attachment for contempt, and for the infliction of "such penalties as are or may be necessary to compel observance." Defendants filed motions to discharge, and also answers for the purpose of purging themselves of the alleged contempt. Upon trial, at which evidence was received, the court found defendants guilty, and levied fines. Defendants …
Criminal Law And Procedure - Conspiracy - Conviction Of Woman Transported In Violation Of Mann Act
Criminal Law And Procedure - Conspiracy - Conviction Of Woman Transported In Violation Of Mann Act
Michigan Law Review
Defendants, a man and woman, were indicted and convicted under the conspiracy statute for conspiring together to violate the Mann Act, the only evidence of the woman's cooperation being her mere consent to transportation for immoral purposes. The conviction was affirmed by the court of appeals, and reversed by the Supreme Court of the United States on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction of the woman. Gebardi v. United States, (U.S. 1932), 53 Sup. Ct. 35.
Criminal Law And Procedure-Instructions To Jury
Criminal Law And Procedure-Instructions To Jury
Michigan Law Review
Defendant was indicted for unlawful possession of liquor. He offered no substantial defense, and the trial judge, in charging the jury, said that while they were sole judges of the facts, "that on the undisputed evidence this man is guilty, and it is your duty to convict him." On appeal, the circuit court held that the charge, while drastic, was not error, as there were no controverted facts, and hence nothing for the jury to do but convict. United States v. Notto, (C. C. A. 2d, 1932) 61 F. (2d) 781.
Criminal Law And Procedure - Perjury As Contempt-Statutory Construction
Criminal Law And Procedure - Perjury As Contempt-Statutory Construction
Michigan Law Review
Defendant was summoned for jury duty in a celebrated mail fraud case. On voir dire examination she deliberately concealed the fact that at one time the defendants had been her employers, and falsely stated that her mind was free from bias. Accepted as a juror, she attempted to discredit the government's case to fellow jurors, refused to listen to their arguments, and after one week's deliberation in the jury room continued to cast the only vote for acquittal. Held, that this conduct was a contempt of court in that it was an obstruction of the processes of justice. Clark …
Public Policy And The Arrest Of Felons, John Barker Waite
Public Policy And The Arrest Of Felons, John Barker Waite
Michigan Law Review
Under the judicial rulings of a score of States, it may happen that a man is arrested for the crime of carrying concealed weapons, that irrefutable evidence of guilt is found upon him, and that he nevertheless evades conviction and punishment because the courts will not permit the evidence to be used. It not only may happen; it does actually occur with shocking and incredible frequency. Yet oddly enough this practice appears to be in flat conflict with the statute law of some of those States and with the provisions of the model Code of Criminal Procedure recently approved by …
Criminal Law And Procedure-Jury As Judge Of Law In Criminal Cases
Criminal Law And Procedure-Jury As Judge Of Law In Criminal Cases
Michigan Law Review
The defendant was indicted under a criminal statute making it a misdemeanor for agents and officers to transact business for any foreign corporation which had failed to comply with certain statutory requirements for conducting business in Maryland. The trial judge instructed the jury that if they believed the evidence to he true he was of the opinion that the defendant was an agent within the meaning of the statute. He cautioned them, however, that they were by article 15, sec. 5, of the constitution made judges of the law as well as fact and that his opinion as to the …
Jury-Evidence-Privilege Of Jury Deliberations
Jury-Evidence-Privilege Of Jury Deliberations
Michigan Law Review
The extent to which affidavits of jurors anent proceedings in the jury room can be used, when not aimed at impeaching their verdict, is a question upon which there is little affirmative authority. The law seems clear since Bushell's case that a juror cannot be punished for his finding of fact; what is more, his vote within the jury room as well as his debates seem to be privileged absolutely on grounds of policy.
Duress -Threats Of Prosecution - Illegality
Duress -Threats Of Prosecution - Illegality
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff filed a bill for cancellation, on the ground of duress or illegality, of a mortgage given by her to the defendant. The mortgage was induced by a promise of the defendant's attorney to use his influence to procure the release from jail of the mortgagor's husband and the dismissal of criminal proceedings originally brought against him by the defendant. Held, there was no duress, and no fraud or deceit was practiced upon the court or court officials, so relief must be denied. Wilhelm v. King Auto Finance Co., (Mich. 1932) 244 N. W. 130.
Criminal Law And Procedure-Jury
Criminal Law And Procedure-Jury
Michigan Law Review
In examining a prospective juror in a homicide case, the court asked him whether he had formed and expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner at the bar from having seen the crime committed or having heard any of the evidence delivered on oath. The venireman "shook his head and said no," but added that he had heard the case discussed a good deal and would rather not serve. Held, that he was not disqualified. Smallwood v. State, (Ga. App. 1932) 165 S. E. 476.
Criminal Law And Procedure - Sufficiency Of Information
Criminal Law And Procedure - Sufficiency Of Information
Michigan Law Review
In an information for murder, after a definite statement of time and place it was charged that the defendant "did then and there . . . shoot, wound and kill" the deceased. On appeal from the order of the lower court overruling his demurrer to the information, the defendant contended that the information was defective in that it failed to allege death within a year and a day or that the deceased died in the county where the information was filed. Held, both time and place were sufficiently stated and the demurrer was properly overruled. State v. Stone, …
Intoxicating Liquors - Nuisance -Abatement
Intoxicating Liquors - Nuisance -Abatement
Michigan Law Review
Section 22 of the National Prohibition Act provides that premises used for purposes in violation of the act, such as the sale of intoxicating liquor, may be declared a common nuisance which may be enjoined in equity, and that the premises may be closed for one year. Process was served on the defendant who was the bartender in a "speakeasy," and the place was declared a common nuisance and padlocked for one year. The lessee of the premises, who was the proprietor of the business, appeared specially to vacate that part of the decree which directed the closing of the …