State v. Banks
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans; Frank D. Chrétien, Judge. George Banks was convicted of robbery, and appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
The defendant in this case having been convicted of robbery, the conviction was set aside, on appeal, for the reason that the trial judge, founding himself on the provisions of Act No. 123 of 1898, had allowed the testimony given on the preliminary examination by one Easton, an absent witness, to be read in evidence, without requiring it to be shown that the absence of the witness was permanent, it being held by this court that the act in question, which is “An act to provide for the organization of the First and Second city criminal court,” etc., does not…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. KlineSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- State v. BanksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
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