State v. Corneille

Louis Corneille and John Gainey were charged with the crime of murder; Gainey was acquitted, but Corneille was convicted of manslaughter, and prosecutes this appeal upon eight bills of exception to the rulings of the lower court.

Bill No. 1.

The-first bill was to the permitting of a state’s witness, ovqr objection of defendant’s counsel, to repeat part óf a conversation between the two accused which took place a few moments before the shooting. This witness’ testimony on the point was as follows:

“Q. State what, if anything, they had to say to each other? (Objection and ruling.) -

“A. Mr.…