State v. Davis
Supreme Court of Louisiana
. Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Alien; Thos. F. Portei’, Jr.,. Judge. I-Ienry Davis, alias Long Boy, was convicted of murder, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.
Defendant was convicted of the crime of murder, and his appeal to this court is based upon two bills of exeep*621tion; the first reserved to the refusal of a new trial, and the second, to the overruling ■of a motion in arrest of judgment. Both hills rest upon the same point, that is, that the verdict of the jury was recorded out of his presence, and we shall therefore consider the two as one.
We are informed by the per curiam that the jury came into court, and, in the pres•ence of the accused and his counsel, rendered the following verdict: “We, the jury, find the accused guilty as charged.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
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- State v. MurraySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
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