State v. Deschamps

*1052The opinion of the Court was delivered, by

Bermudez, C. J.

The defendant was prosecuted for murder, tried, convicted and sentenced to death.

On appeal, he complains that the District Judge erred :

1. Tn refusing a continuance.

2. Tii hearing an incompetent witness.

3. In admitting certain testimony.

4. Tn giving an improper charge.

The record contains three bills and a motion for a new trial to the refusal of which, a bill Was taken.

The following is an extract from the statement of the trial Judge, contained in the bill taken to his refusal to grant a continuance.

“(hi the 29th April, when the accused…