Cummins v. People
Cummins v. People
Opinion of the Court
We do not discover any errSr in the record'in this case. The evidence tended to show that Cummins and Seipher slept together in a barn on the night of the burglary, and that in close. proximity to them were found the stolen articles, and that when the officers made the arrest Seipher resisted arrest and escaped. We are of opinion that on the trial of Cummins under such circumstances, the resistance and flight of Seipher was a proper matter to be commented upon by the prosecuting attorney in his argument and considered by the jury.
It also appeared that at the time of the arrest the coat of one of the parties was missing, and complaint is now made of the charge of the court relating to that matter. Thé bill of exceptions does not set forth all the evidence, or even purport to give the substance thereof. We must assume that the charge as given was fully warranted by the evidence. In so far as this question is presented by the record, the respondent has no legal cause of complaint.
It is also alleged as error that the sentence was unusually severe, and that in the light of all the facts it was in violation of the constitutional provision’ which
Reference
- Full Case Name
- William Cummins, impleaded with Michael Moore and George Linden v. The People
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- Published