State v. Cancienne

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

Originally the defendant was indicted for the crime of having murdered his wife, was found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of eighteen monthS4 and from the verdict and sentence he successfully prosecuted an appeal to this court — the cause having been remanded for a new trial. 50 An.

On the second trial in the lower court, the jury again found him guilty of manslaughter, and being again sentenced to the same period of imprisonment, he prosecutes a second appeal therefrom.

It is discoverable…