State v. Hornsby
Louisiana Court of Errors and Appeals
Appeal from the Criminal Court of the First District, Can-onge, J. The indictment is not affected by mis-spelling. 2 Taunt. 401. 4 Comyn’s Dig. 664, note. Hawkins P. C. 23á. 1 Chitty, 139, 141, 142, 167, 196, 197. Jacob’s Law Diet. (Tomlin’s ed.) verbo, Indictment, No. III. 3 Black. Comm. 409, 410. Strange, 889. As to the sufficiency of the description of the wound, see 6 Com.
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Appeal from the Criminal Court of the First District, Can-onge, J. The indictment is not affected by mis-spelling. 2 Taunt. 401. 4 Comyn’s Dig. 664, note. Hawkins P. C. 23á. 1 Chitty, 139, 141, 142, 167, 196, 197. Jacob’s Law Diet. (Tomlin’s ed.) verbo, Indictment, No. III. 3 Black. Comm. 409, 410. Strange, 889. As to the sufficiency of the description of the wound, see 6 Com. Law Cases, p. 21. 7 Ibid. 101. 3 Chitty, 736. Leach, 569. 1 Russell & M. C. C. 5. 1 Russ. &. Ry. 345, 358. 12 Peters-dorff’s Abridg. 725. State v. McCoy and others, ante, 545. Archbold’s Evid. 385. The separation of a…
1Opinion of the CourtNicholas, J.
An appeal has been taken from the judgment of the Criminal Court of New Orleans, pronounced upon the verdict of the jury, who found the accused guilty of manslaughter. A motion for a new trial, and also a motion in arrest of judgment, were both made in the inferior court, by the prisoner, and overruled. The correctness of the opinion of the court, a qua, upon these two motions, forms the subject of this appeal. A new trial was urged, upon two grounds : 1st. Because the verdict was contrary to law and evidence — 2d. On account of the discovery of new testimony since the trial. The judgment was…
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