State v. Russell
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Third Judicial District Court, parish of Union. Graham, J. First — It is not necessary to make a separate conclusion in eaok oase in a single count in an indictment. Bishop on Crim. Procedure, vol. 2, p. 5; note. Second — When the information commences with the words “in the name and by the authority of the State of Louisiana/’ etc., all acts and charges therein contained are in the name and by the authority of the State of Louisiana.
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APPEAL from the Third Judicial District Court, parish of Union. Graham, J. First — It is not necessary to make a separate conclusion in eaok oase in a single count in an indictment. Bishop on Crim. Procedure, vol. 2, p. 5; note. Second — When the information commences with the words “in the name and by the authority of the State of Louisiana/’ etc., all acts and charges therein contained are in the name and by the authority of the State of Louisiana. Third — The inscription on an indictment does not affect the accusation contained in the body of the instrument. 12 A. 743. Fourth — The…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Levy, J.
The defendant, Walter Russell, was found guilty, by a jury, of the crime of being accessory before the fact to burglary and larceny, and sentenced to the term of three years imprisonment at hard labor in the State Penitentiary. From this sentence and judgment he has appealed.
The bills of exception filed embrace, substantially, the grounds set *137■forth in the motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment, on which the defendant relies in his appeal.
The first bill is taken to the competency of the witness Bradley, who testified on the part of the…
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- United States v. TroaxU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Ohio · 1843
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