Legal Opinion
State v. Comstock
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 15, 1884No. 8989PublishedCited by 8 opinions
APPEAL from the Twenty-sixth District Court, Parish of St. Charles. Halm, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by ,
MANNING-, J.
The prisoner was indicted for rape upon the person of Aimée Jenkins, was convicted without capital punishment, and sentenced to hard labor for life.
The indictment was found November 28, 1882. The prisoner was arraigned on. the following day, and the case fixed for December 6th, on which day a continuance was prayed and granted. It was fixed at the next term for May 19th, when the defendant applied for and obtained another continuance on the ground of absence of material witnesses. He was then released from confinement on hail. The case…
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