State v. Harris

The opinion of the court was delivered by

MoEnery, J,

The accused was indicted for murder and convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to hard labor. He appealed.

There are several bills of exceptions in the record.

No. 1 contains a variance of statement of facts between counsel and trial judge. On the repeated rulings of this court, we accept the latter’s statement. It completely destroys the effect of the bill. The statement also shows that the district attorney withdrew his objection to the introduction of proof, without first showing an overt act on part of deceased, of threats communicated to…