State v. Coleman

O’NIELL, O. J.

(dissenting). I approve the ruling of the district judge, rejecting the special charge quoted in bill of exceptions No. 1. Thevfirst part of the proposed charge was a correct statement of the law, and it should have been given if it had ended there, but it was spoiled by the addition of a statement of the facts of the case or supposed facts.

I do not concur in the ruling that a defendant in a criminal ease has no right to have the testimony taken down stenographically, under the provisions of the Act 113 of 1896, in order to make his bills of exception effective. In New Orleans,…