State v. Chandler

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Poché, J.

On a charge of murder the defendant has been convicted of manslaughter.

1. He complains on appeal that the trial judge erred to his detriment in rejecting the testimony of a witness whom he attempted to introduce after the evidence had been closed.

His object was to contradict the testimony of a State witness, drawn out by the district attorney as rebuttal testimony.

The defendant charges that the testimony which he sought to meet, comprised new matters not covered by the testimony of the witness, in his preceding examination.

The judge did not…