State v. Ford
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Criminal District Court for the, Parish of Orleans. Balcer, J. 1. On the hearing of applications for change of venue, the fact whether prejudice existed in the public mind against the defendant to such an extent as to render an impartial trial unlikely, may be ascertained ftom the opinions of well informed witnesses. 2. Defendants are bound by the evidence given by their witnessess upon examination in open court, and cannot contradict the testimony so given…
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APPEAL from the Criminal District Court for the, Parish of Orleans. Balcer, J. 1. On the hearing of applications for change of venue, the fact whether prejudice existed in the public mind against the defendant to such an extent as to render an impartial trial unlikely, may be ascertained ftom the opinions of well informed witnesses. 2. Defendants are bound by the evidence given by their witnessess upon examination in open court, and cannot contradict the testimony so given by the exparte affidavits of the same witnesses. 3. At common law, venue will be changed when a fair and impartial trial…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered hy
Poché, J.
On the 13th of December, 1884, Tilomas J. Ford, Patrick Ford, William E. Caulfield, William H. Buckley, John Murphy, Baptiste Favetto and Charles Bader were indicted jointly for the murder of Andrew H. Murphy. A few days later, Baptiste Favetto and Charles. Bader were severed from trial, on motion of the prosecuting attorney.
On the 27th of January, 1885, the five other accused were put on their trial, which resulted-in a mistrial on the 9th of February following.
Their second trial began on the 18th of February and ended on the 28th of the same…
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