State v. Roy

HAMITER, Justice.

Defendant, Nathan Roy, is appealing from his conviction of the crime of theft of property valued at $75 and from the imposed sentence of two years at hard labor in the State Penitentiary.

During the course of the trial defense counsel reserved numerous bills of exceptions; but none was perfected. The bills were not presented to the district judge (as he explains in a per curiam) until after the granting of the order of appeal and, as-a consequence, he refused to sign them. In view of these circumstances we are unable to pass upon the objections noted in the reserved bills.…