People v. Westbrook

Michigan Supreme Court

People v. Westbrook

54 N.W. 486, 94 Mich. 629, 1893 Mich. LEXIS 566

CourtMichigan Supreme Court

DecidedFebruary 17, 1893

StatusPublished

Cited by5 cases

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Bluebook

People v. Westbrook, 54 N.W. 486, 94 Mich. 629, 1893 Mich. LEXIS 566 (Mich. 1893).

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Opinion

Hooker, C. J.

Defendant was convicted of an indecent assault upon the person of his daughter, a girl of nine years of age.

The warrant was based upon a written complaint made by defendant's wife, who was also allowed to testify against him at the trial, upon the part of the people, without his consent.

The case falls within .the principles laid down in the case of People v. Quanstrom, 93 Mich. 254, where a complaint for bigamy made by a wife against her husband was held insufficient.

[630]*630Tbe conviction will be set aside, and tbe defendant discharged.

The other Justices concurred.

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