State v. Strado

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Bermudez, C. J.-

The accused appeals from a sentence of five years at hard labor, on a verdict of guilty of stabbing with intent to murder.

*563He complains that, during the trial, after a witness had testified in his favor and was about to leave the room, application was made of a capias directing his detention and granted.

No bill of exception was taken at the time of the occurrence; but the alleged grievance was made the ground for a motion for a new trial which was refused. To this overruling, a bill was reserved to which no testimony is attached and in…