State v. Patza
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from tlie First District Court of New'Orleans, McHenry, J. contended thdt the court erred": Firsts in admitting evidence of a distinct and graver offence (B. & C. Dig. 251, no. 52) committed long previous, for the purpose of proving intent. Archibold’s C. Plead, pp. 68, 212, 246. 2 Russel, 694, 696. Wharton’s Am. Cr.
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APPEAL from tlie First District Court of New'Orleans, McHenry, J. contended thdt the court erred": Firsts in admitting evidence of a distinct and graver offence (B. & C. Dig. 251, no. 52) committed long previous, for the purpose of proving intent. Archibold’s C. Plead, pp. 68, 212, 246. 2 Russel, 694, 696. Wharton’s Am. Cr. Law, 168, 171,194,345. Secondly, in not charging as asked. 1 Russell, p.597. Rex v. Boyce, Moody’s Crown Cases, p. 30. Rex v. Gardener, Ibid 390. 3 Chitty. B. & C. Dig. p. 246, secs. 24, 270, 145. 9 Blacks. 198. Rex v. Amarro,-Rus. &Ry. 285. Rex v. McDermott¡ 355.
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
King, J.
The defendant was indicted under the second section of the act of the 6th March, 1819, (B. & C. Dig. p. 265,) for stabbing and thrusting, with intent to commit the crime of murder. On the trial of the cause in the inferior court, Ann Williams, the person on whom the Crime is charged to have been committed, testified as a witness on the part of the State. After declaring that the accused cut her throat, she proceeded to state that, on a previous occasion, the accused had attempted to administer laudanum to her in wine, for the purpose of…
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