State v. Elia

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Monroe, J.

Defendant, having been convicted of burglary and larceny and sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor, presents his case to this court by means of the following bills of exception;

Bill No. 1 was taken to the refusal of the trial judge, upon a request made before any witness had been sworn, to grant permission for the •court stenographer to take down the testimony of the State witnesses.

The reasons assigned for this refusal are as follows:

“By the court. At this time there was no evidence introduced and no objection raised — no question for the…