State v. Holmes

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

The defendant was convicted of the crime of inflict*171ing a wound less than mayhem with a dangerous weapon, and sentenced to two years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

He seeks relief in this court on two grounds, viz:

1. That the trial judge erroneously permitted • the State’s witness, Clay Duplantis, to give in evidence a statement made by the prosecutor, Aureliau Toups, several hours after the wound was inflicted ou him, the same being objected to as hearsay, and not admissible as pari of the res gestee.

2. That the indictment was, and is,…