State v. Taylor

ROGERS, Justice.

The defendant, Johnnie Taylor, was indicted, tried and convicted for the crime of shooting Ed Brumfield with a dangerous weapon with intent to kill and was sentenced to imprisonment in the State penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than three years. Defendant is appealing from his conviction and sentence.

Defendant complains of the refusal of the trial judge to permit him to prove alleged contradictory statements made by the prosecuting witness at the Charity Hospital in the City of New Orleans several days after the shooting occurred.

The bill of exception shows…