State v. Murdoch
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Roman, J. A record in a criminal case, which comes up without bills of exceptions-or motion in arrest* , presents nothing-for this .Court to consider, and the judgment .appealed from will be affirmed.
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APPEAL from the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Roman, J. A record in a criminal case, which comes up without bills of exceptions-or motion in arrest* , presents nothing-for this .Court to consider, and the judgment .appealed from will be affirmed. The- “Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans” is the only name by which said Court is known, or may be designated.- Constitution'of 1879, 'Art, 130. ■ ': ’ The time and place a9 regards the “intent” in the crime of “ shooting with intent to 'commit murder,” are sufficiently set forth by the words: “with intent ip. so…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Fenner, J.
Error is assigned on the face of the record, upon the following ground: “ that the verdict rendered herein is null and void,' there being a fatal variance between the crime charged and the finding of the. jury.^ '• "
•'•■•-'The'-information charged the prisoner with the offense denounced in Section-791, Rev. Statutes, viz: shooting with intent to commit murder. ■The verdict"was: “ guilty of wounding with a dangerous weapon less than mayhem; ”• being the offense denounced in Rev. Statutes, See. 794".
*730We have heretofore held, that the offense of…
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