State ex rel. Dardenne v. Cole

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Bermudez, C. J.

The object of this proceeding, which is for a certiorari and prohibition, is to have it judicially.declared, that a District Judge has no power, in a criminal proceeding before him, to determine: that certain witnesses, who testified in the case, did so as experts; that they are entitled to compensation as such; that such compensation is chargeable ex parte among the costs; that the parish in which the case was prosecuted is bound for such costs, and that payment of the allowance can be enforced by mandamus in his court.

The District…