State v. Coll
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish of Vernon; John H. Boone, Judge. Jack Coll was convicted of murder, without capital punishment, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The accused had been convicted of murder without capital punishment, and sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
He objected to going to trial, on the ground that four of his witnesses for whom summons had been timely placed in the hands of the sheriff were not present, and that no return had been made by the sheriff on the summons.
The judge says in his per curiam that eight or ten of the witnesses summoned by accused were present, and that accused had not used due. diligence by complying with Act 67, p. 78, of 1894, which provides that—
“In all criminal cases on final trial each side shall not…
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