State v. Tessier
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Eleventh Judicial District Court, parish of Natchi-toches. Pierson, J. First — A new trial should not be granted on the ground of newly discovered evidence, when such evidence goes to the impeachment of a witness, and not to the merits of the case. 1 Archbold, 178. Second — The minutes in a criminal case may b'e amended and corrected, when done contradictorily with the accused. 81 A. 387.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Fenner, J.
The defendant, convicted of obtaining property under false pretenses, presents two errors for review on this appeal.
1st. The refusal of the judge a quo to grant a new trial upon an application properly made and predicated on newly discovered evidence. The false pretenses, charged in the indictment and sustained by the verdict, were that he induced the prosecuting witness to part with his property, being three hogs, upon the following representations, all untrue, viz: that his name was Smith; that he was a photographer and in business in the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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