No. 34101. May 3, 1956. Donald F. Welday, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff. Harold E. Leithauser, Detroit, Mich., for defendant. PICARD, District Judge. Defendant was tried and convicted by this court on May 7, 1954 for refusal and failure to report for civilian work at the Kalamazoo State Hospital after being denied exemption from military service as a duly ordained minister and classified as a conscientious objector. Subsequently his conviction was set aside, July 27, 1954 but
No. 4350. Decided March 25, 1926. 1. STATUTES — IN CONSTRUING STATUTE, WORDS AND PHRASES ARE CONSTRUED ACCORDING TO CONTEXT AND APPROVED USAGE OF LANGUAGE. In construing statute, words and phrases are construed Corpus Juris-Cyc. References: [1, 2] Statutes, 36 Cyc., p. 1102, n. 81; p. 1108, n. 46; p. 1114, n. 96; p. 1115, n. 98; p. 1117, n. 16; p. 1131, n. 73. Bigamy, 7 C.J., p. 1165, n. 5, 6. according to context and approved usage of language, and, except in case of technical words and phrases
No. 1479. October Term, 1896. APPEAL from the District Court of the State of Nevada, Washoe county; A. E. Cheney, District Judge: C. H. Zichfeld was convicted of bigamy, and appeals. Affirmed. Curler Curler, for Appellant: I. Under our law no person, other than a minister of any religious society or congregation within this state who has obtained a license for that purpose, or any judge of the district court in his district, or justice of the peace in his county, is authorized to join persons together
No. 4007. Decided April 28, 1909. 1. — Theft of Horse — Election by State. Where upon trial for theft of a horse the indictment contained two counts, but charged but one felony, the State could not be required to elect between counts, the evidence showing that the offense was one and the same transaction. Following Thompson v. State, 32 Tex.Crim. Rep., and other cases. 2. — Same — Practice in District Court. Where upon trial for theft of a horse it appeared that two indictments were pending against