Case Name: PEOPLE v. BAUMGARTNER
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1926-12-08
Citations: 236 Mich. 632
Docket Number: Docket No. 125
Parties: PEOPLE v. BAUMGARTNER.
Judges: Bird, C. J., and Sharpe, Snow, Steere, Fellows, Wiest, and McDonald, JJ., concurred.
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 236
Pages: 632–632

Head Matter:
PEOPLE v. BAUMGARTNER.
Criminal Law —Larceny — Whether Defendant’s Conviction Against Weight of Evidence Not Considered in Absence of Motion For New Trial.
Whether a verdict convicting defendant of larceny is against the great weight of the evidence, may not he considered by the Supreme Court, where not first submitted to the trial judge by motion for a new trial.
Exceptions before judgment from Newaygo; Barton (Joseph), J.
Submitted October 15, 1926.
(Docket No. 125.)
Decided December 8, 1926.
Max Baumgartner was convicted of larceny.
Affirmed.
White & Reber and M. Thomas Ward, for appellant.
Criminal Law, 17 C. J. § 3350.

Opinion:
Clark, J.
Exceptions before sentence, after conviction of larceny of parts of a sawmill, present one meritorious question: that the verdict is against the great weight of the evidence. But we may not consider it, for the reason that it was not submitted first to the trial judge by motion for a new trial. It has been held many times that this question cannot be raised first in this court. The defense, abundantly supported by evidence, is that the parts were taken without wrongful intent, under a claim of right, and upon advice of counsel. Whether a new trial still may be had is a matter which may be addressed to the discretion of the trial judge.
Exceptions overruled and cause remanded.
Bird, C. J., and Sharpe, Snow, Steere, Fellows, Wiest, and McDonald, JJ., concurred.