State v. Baptiste

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Blanchard, J.

Indicted for murder, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to twelve years at hard labor, defendant appeals.

Two bills of exceptions are in the record. They bring up the question of the admissibility in evidence, when offered by the State, of the proces verbal of a coroner’s inquest; how far admissible; for what purpose admissible, etc.

In this instance the State offered the proces verbal to prove the fact and cause of death; to show the man was dead and that his death was caused by a blow received.

The defense objected that the proces…