State v. Patterson

BRUNOT, Justice.

The defendant was charged, arraigned, tried, and convicted of the crime of carnal knowledge. He was sentenced to an indeterminate term, at hard labor, in the Louisiana State Penitentiary for not less than two nor more than three years, and he appealed.

There are five bills of exceptions in the record. We have carefully considered all of them. We find no merit in bills Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, but will briefly direct attention to the error in each one.

Bill No. 1 was reserved to the overruling of a motion for a continuance. The motion is based upon.the absence of a witness for the…