State v. Silva
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans; Joshua G. Baker, Judge. Joseph Silva, Sr., was convicted of mayhem, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
The information filed on the 7th day of September, A. D. 1906, charged defendant with having on the 6th day of May of the same year, while fighting, feloniously and willfully bitten off the thumb and maimed the left hand of one William Cullen.
*661Defendant was arraigned on September 12th of the same year and pleaded not guilty. He was tried in November following and found guilty. The court sentenced him to imprisonment in the penitentiary at hard labor for one year. He appealed. His grounds are before us in two bills of exceptions and a motion for a new trial. The latter substantially sets up the…
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