State v. Baptiste

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Provosty* J.

'The defendant was convicted of murder and sentenced tc be hanged. He complains that he was denied the benefit of compulsory process to procure the attendance of his witnesses. His trial being *587fixed for the 30th, he, on the 28th, applied for an order to procure wit-nesses living in the Parish of Orleans, and the judge made an order .accordingly. On the day of the trial defendant asked for the postponement of the trial on the ground that the sheriff of Orleans had not yet made any return on the subpoenas that had been sent to him for…