State v. Frugé

The defendant was convicted of the crime of rape and sentenced to the Penitentiary during life. He appeals from the sentence.

The record contains three bills of exceptions, embodying the reasons *658stated by defendant why he should be allowed a new trial, which was refused:

First — The accused, in support of his motion for a new trial, offered one Alexandre Lepine, one of the jurors who sat on the trial of the case, as a witness to prove that after the jury had received the charge of the judge and had retired for consultation the jury was divided in their opinion as to the verdict to be rendered,…