State v. Crawford
Supreme Court of Louisiana
ÜPPEAL from the Parish Court of Madison. Dennis, J. ' 'The judgment of the lower court, refusing the motion-for a new trial and the motion in arrest of judgment, and sentencing the accused, should be sustained for the following reasons : First — Because the Supreme Court cannot review the correctness of a general verdict on questions of fact. Second — Because it does not appear that there was any discrepancy between the allegata and probata.
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ÜPPEAL from the Parish Court of Madison. Dennis, J. ' 'The judgment of the lower court, refusing the motion-for a new trial and the motion in arrest of judgment, and sentencing the accused, should be sustained for the following reasons : First — Because the Supreme Court cannot review the correctness of a general verdict on questions of fact. Second — Because it does not appear that there was any discrepancy between the allegata and probata. Third — There is nothing on 'the face of the record tó justify a motion in arrest of judgment. -
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Todd, J.
The defendant was tried in the parish court of Madison parish under an information filed in said court. He was convicted, and sentenced to the Penitentiary for one year, and has appealed.
The defendant was charged in the information with having stolen one hundred and thirty-five dollars from George Morris and Strather Payne. After his conviction he filed a motion in arrest of judgment and for a new trial, on the ground that the information alleged the owner•ship of the money to be in George Morris and Strather Payne, whereas the evidence showed…
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