State v. Bertin

The defendants having been convicted of burglary while armed with a dangerous weapon, were duly sentenced and have appealed.

We deem it necessary to examine but one point, which is presented by a bill of exceptions, and that is that certain proceedings were had and testimony taken on the part of the State during the progress of the trial out of the presence of the accused, and in spite of their objection. This point, if tenable, is of the gravest moment. The object of law is the doing of real justice, and nothing can be more painful to the legal mind than'the conviction of an innocent man. It…