State v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Second. Judicial District Court, Parish of Webster; John N. Sandlin, Judge. J. E. Lewis, alias D. W. Clarke, alias B. C. Clarke, was convicted of burglary, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
Defendant was prosecuted under a bill of information charging, in separate counts, burglary, with intent to steal, and larceny, committed at the same time and place; and, having been found “guilty as charged,” was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment at hard labor. I-Ie filed motions in arrest of judgment and for new trial, and in this court assigns as error that he was tried for larceny by a jury of 12, whereas that offense, not being, necessarily, punishable at hard labor, is required by the Constitution to be tried by a jury of 5.
[1] The article of the Constitution which is thus invoked,…
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