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People v. Wilson

Supreme Court of Michigan
Mar 29, 1929
224 N.W. 607 (Mich. 1929)

Opinion

Docket No. 153, Calendar No. 33,977.

Submitted January 18, 1929.

Decided March 29, 1929.

Error to Hillsdale; Chester (Guy M.), J. Submitted January 18, 1929. (Docket No. 153, Calendar No. 33,977.) Decided March 29, 1929.

Alfred C. Wilson was convicted of violating the liquor law. Affirmed.

John F. Steward and Paul W. Chase, for appellant.

Wilber M. Brucker, Attorney General, and G. Forrest Lewis, Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.


Defendant was convicted of violation of the prohibition law. Thirty-three days after verdict he made a motion for a new trial. The statute, Act No. 175, Pub. Acts 1927, chap. 10, § 2, provides:

"Motions for new trials shall be made within 30 days after verdict, and not afterwards."

The time is jurisdictional, and the motion came too late. Nichols v. Houghton Circuit Judge, 185 Mich. 654 (Ann. Cas. 1917 D, 100). Moreover, a proper exercise of judicial discretion would not have justified a new trial on the showing made by defendant.

It is contended that one of the jurors, Mrs. Alexander Lee, otherwise competent, was disqualified because her name did not appear on the assessment roll of her township (3 Comp. Laws 1915, § 12190), and the fact was not discovered until after trial. When drawn as a juror, she was not challenged for cause on that ground. The objection was waived. People v. Avery, 244 Mich. 644.

Judgment is affirmed.

FELLOWS, WIEST, CLARK, McDONALD, and SHARPE, JJ., concurred. NORTH, C.J., and POTTER, J., did not sit.


Summaries of

People v. Wilson

Supreme Court of Michigan
Mar 29, 1929
224 N.W. 607 (Mich. 1929)
Case details for

People v. Wilson

Case Details

Full title:PEOPLE v. WILSON

Court:Supreme Court of Michigan

Date published: Mar 29, 1929

Citations

224 N.W. 607 (Mich. 1929)
224 N.W. 607

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