State v. Crenshaw
Supreme Court of Louisiana
PPEAL from the Ninth District Court, Parish of DeSoto. fíctíí, J> 1. To enable the Court of Errors and Appeal to review the decision of the court below upon matters resting in its sound discretion, a case must be presented by a bill of exceptions, as to disclose ali that is necessary to manifest the supposed error, unless it be apparent on the face of the records.
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PPEAL from the Ninth District Court, Parish of DeSoto. fíctíí, J> 1. To enable the Court of Errors and Appeal to review the decision of the court below upon matters resting in its sound discretion, a case must be presented by a bill of exceptions, as to disclose ali that is necessary to manifest the supposed error, unless it be apparent on the face of the records. In absence of a bill of exceptions the Supreme Court will not review points made in the trial court on a motion for new trial, which can not be assigned as error. Act No. 3 of 1843; 8 R. 529, 562, 571; 10 An. 456. 2. A new trial…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
McEnery, J.
The defendant was charged in the indictment with burglary.and larceny in two counts, the two offences originating in the same act. The jury returned a verdict of “ guilty as charged in the indictment,” and the judge sentenced him, as “having been convicted of the crime of burglary and larceny to the penitentiary at hard labor for a period of three years.”
*498The indictment was not signed by the district attorney until the case was called for trial and the trial commenced, when, with the permission of the court, he affixed his signature t<- it.
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