ANNUAL REPORT. STATE OF MICHIGAN. To the Legislature of the State of Michigan: Attorney General's Office, In compliance with the law, I have the honor herewith to present the annual report of the business of this department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902; including an abstract of the official reports of the Prosecuting Attorneys of the Counties of the State, showing the number of prosecutions, convictions, acquittals, etc. Two indexes have been prepared, one being a complete index of the report entire, the other an alphabetical table of the various cases which have come under the supervision or control of this department during the fiscal year. Legal questions of a public character submitted to this department have been carefully considered and opinions rendered, a few of which, such as are deemed of interest to the public, are presented in this report, and represent but a small portion of the aggregate number of opinions prepared. The various matters contained in this report are systematically arranged under the title of Schedule A. to S. inclusive, and classified as follows: SCHEDULE A.-Statement of criminal and habeas corpus cases of which the Attorney General had charge during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902. SCHEDULE B.-Statement of mandamus cases of which the Attorney General had charge during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902. SCHEDULE C.-Statement of quo warranto proceedings, instituted by the Attorney General upon his own relation, or upon the relation of some other person, over which the Attorney General had supervision or control, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902. SCHEDULE D.-Statement of chancery cases conducted by the Attor ney General during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902. SCHEDULE E.-List of chancery and other cases referred to the Prosecuting Attorneys of the various counties in which commenced and left in their charge. These are tax cases wherein some State officer has been made a party, or in which the State has some interest. SCHEDULE F.-Statement of assumpsit cases, appeals under inheritance tax law, certiorari cases, disbarment proceedings, ejectment cases, replevin cases, trespass cases, of which the Attorney General had charge during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902. SCHEDULE G.-Report of collection of Michigan's Spanish War Claim and Civil War Interest Claim against the United States. SCHEDULE H.-Statement of money collected and turned over to the State Treasurer during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902, through proceedings instituted in the Probate Courts of the respective counties, from estates which had escheated to the State under Act 238 Public Acts of 1897. SCHEDULE I.-Statement of money collected and turned over to the State Treasurer, through the efforts of the Attorney General, with the co-operation of the Medical Superintendents of the various asylums, and the Judges of Probate of the various counties, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902, as a reimbursement to the State, for the support of certain insane persons at State asylums. SCHEDULE J.-Statement of proceedings, during the fiscal year, ending June 30, 1902, for the deportation of certain insane persons, who were being maintained in the asylums of this State, pending the determination of the place of their legal residence. SCHEDULE K.-List of Insurance Companies whose articles of association, amendments to articles of association, etc., have been approved during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902, and a statement of the amount of money received as approval fees. SCHEDULE L.-Statement of money collected and turned over to the State Treasurer, through the efforts of the Attorney General, also including the sum received as fees for approving articles of association, etc., of Insurance Companies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902. SCHEDULE M.-Official opinions, rendered during the fiscal year, which are deemed to be of general interest. SCHEDULE N.-Abstract of the semi-annual reports of the Prosecu- ' ting Attorneys of the official business of the various counties, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902. SCHEDULE O.-Recapitulation of the semi-annual reports of the Prosecuting Attorneys of the official business of their respective counties, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902. SCHEDULE P.-List of counties and county seat, with name and address of Prosecuting Attorneys. SCHEDULE Q.-Table of Cases, alphabetically arranged. SCHEDULE R.-Index of names of opinions. SCHEDULE S.-General Index to report, subjects of opinions, etc. Respectfully submitted, HORACE M. OREN, SCHEDULE A. Statement of criminal and habeas corpus cases of which the Attorney General had charge during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902. CRIMINAL CASES IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, DISPOSED OF UP TO JUNE 30, 1902. CHARLES L. BERNARD v. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. Supreme Court of United States. Error to Supreme Court of State of Michigan. Defendant was convicted of assault with intent to murder, in the Circuit Court for Van Buren County, State of Michigan, he appealed to the Supreme Court of Michigan; said conviction was affirmed. Motion for a re-hearing submitted and denied. Defendant then brings error. Submitted Dec. 26, 1901. Writ of error dismissed for want of jurisdiction, March 17, 1902. CRIMINAL CASES IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, PENDING JUNE 30, 1902. August G. Reetz v. People of the State of Michigan (See 1901 report page 12, case of People v. Reetz.) CRIMINAL CASES IN SUPREME COURT DISPOSED OF UP TO JUNE 30, 1902. PEOPLE v. JAMES W. SLIGH. Supreme Court. Error to Circuit Court. Calhoun County. Defendant was convicted of robbery and attempted murder. Dismissed by stipulation June 30, 1902. Supreme Court. PEOPLE v. A. J. WHITE. Error to Circuit Court. Error to Circuit Court. Calhoun County. Defendant was convicted of violating liquor law. Submitted Feb. 15, 1901. Affirmed July 10, 1901. (86 N. W. 992; 8 D. L. N. 397.) PEOPLE v. WILLIAM M. BUTTS. Supreme Court. Error to Circuit Court. Kent County. Defendant was convicted of embezzlement. Submitted March 5, 1901. Affirmed Sept. 25, 1901. (87 N. W. 224; 8 D. L. N. 627.) PEOPLE v. JOHN M. HIGGINS. Supreme Court. Error to Circuit Court. Lenawee County. Defendant was convicted of murder in first degree. 15, 1901. Affirmed July 2, 1901. (86 N. W. 812; 8 D. L. N. 289.) Submitted Feb. PEOPLE v. JOSEPH GREGORY. Supreme Court. Error to Circuit Court. Calhoun County. Defendant was convicted of burglary. Submitted Nov. 21, 1901. Affirmed May 19, 1902. (90 N. W. 414; 9 D. L. N. 142.) PEOPLE v. CHARLES J. LINDGREN. Supreme Court. Error to Circuit Court. Ottawa County. Defendant was convicted of keeping saloon open Sunday. Submitted Nov. 21, 1901. Reversed and new trial ordered, Dec. 3, 1901. (87 N. W. 1026; 8 D L. N. 833.) Supreme Court. PEOPLE v. JOSEPH HENRY. Error to Circuit Court. Defendant was convicted of breaking and night-time, with intent to commit larceny. Reversed and new trial ordered Dec. 10, 1902. 866.) St. Clair County. entering a saloon in the Submitted Nov. 21, 1901. (88 N. W. 77; 8 D. L. N. PEOPLE v. F. P. BUNKER. Supreme Court. Error to Circuit Court. Hillsdale County. Defendant was convicted of a violation of a city ordinance. Submitted June 7, 1901; Conviction set aside and respondent discharged July 19, 1901. (87 N. W. 90; 8 D. L. N. 570.) PEOPLE v. FRANK W. PALMER. Supreme Court. Error to Circuit Court. Montcalm County. Defendant convicted of forgery. Submitted June 7, 1901. Affirmed July 2, 1901. (86 N. W. 831; 8 D L. N. 327.) PEOPLE v. ALBERT RADLEY. Supreme Court. Error to Circuit Court. Muskegon County.. Defendant was convicted of being a disorderly person. Submitted June 7, 1901. Affirmed July 10, 1901. (86 N. W. 1029; 8 D L. N. 467.) Supreme Court. PEOPLE v. LANT K. SALSBURY. Error to Circuit Court. Kent County. Proceeding to review an order of Kent Circuit Court, transferring bribery cause to Superior Court of Grand Rapids, for trial. Discontinued. PEOPLE v. STILSON V. McLEOD. Supreme Court. Error to Circuit Court. Kent County. Proceeding to review an order of Kent Circuit Court, transferring cause to Superior Court of Grand Rapids for trial. Discontinued. PEOPLE v. LANT K. SALSBURY. Supreme Court. Error to Circuit Court. Kent County. Dis Proceeding to review an order of Kent Circuit Court, transferring cause for conspiracy to Superior Court of Grand Rapids for trial. continued. PEOPLE v. LANT K. SALSBURY, STILSON V. MCLEOD, HENRY A. TAYLOR AND THOMAS F. McGARRY. Supreme Court. Error to Circuit Court. Kent County. Proceeding to review an order of Kent Circuit Court transferring cause to Superior Court of Grand Rapids for trial. Discontinued. PEOPLE v. THOMAS F. MCGARRY. Supreme Court. Error to Circuit Court. Kent County. Proceeding to review an order of Kent Circuit Court transferring cause to Superior Court of Grand Rapids for trial. Discontinued. PEOPLE v. FRANK W. CURTIS. Supreme Court. Error to Circuit Court. Van Buren County. Defendant was convicted of selling liquor to a minor. Submitted Nov. 21, 1901. Affirmed Dec. 3, 1901. (87 N. W. 1040; 8 D L. N. 833.) |