State v. Wilson

On Rehearing.

BREAUX, J.

In view of the gravity of the crime of which the defendant has been found guilty, the court has re-examined the issues with great care.

There was a bill of exceptions, as disclosed by the record, certified to by the clerk of the court, or, rather, this officer, upon objection to the court’s ruling, reduced the examination of a witness to writing as required by the act of 1890.

In the matter of competency of witness Viola Boone, upon whom the defendant is charged with having committed rape, it appears by the bill of exception just mentioned that counsel for defendant…