State v. Horton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Twelfth Judicial District Court, parish of Avoyelles. JBarbin, J. First — The court will not grant a motion for a delay of the trial oí the ease because of the ahsonce of a State witness when the defendant has not summoned said witness, nor makes an affidavit that said witness is necessary to his defense, and what he expects to prove by the witness.
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APPEAL from the Twelfth Judicial District Court, parish of Avoyelles. JBarbin, J. First — The court will not grant a motion for a delay of the trial oí the ease because of the ahsonce of a State witness when the defendant has not summoned said witness, nor makes an affidavit that said witness is necessary to his defense, and what he expects to prove by the witness. Second — That all which is said at the time of the commission of the crime is a part of the res jestae, and is good evidenoe.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Levy, J.
The defendant was indicted on the charge of burglarious breaking and entering, in the night time, a dwelling house, lawfully occupied, he being armed with a dangerous weapon, with intent to kill and murder.
He was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to hard labor in the State Penitentiary for the term of his natural life, and from the verdict and judgment thereon has appealed.
■ We find in the transcript two bills of exception, taken by the defendant to the rulings of the court a qua.
The first bill is directed to the ruling whereby the objection…
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- State v. TerrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1911