Legal Opinion
State v. Cox
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 22, 1915No. 21156PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Parish of Webster; John N. Sandlin, Judge. Ike Cox was convicted of subornation of perjury, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Some two years before the present prosecution was begun against accused, he was tried for larceny, and was acquitted. The acquittal was secured mainly, as we understand, upon the testimony of one Noel Bossier ; and he (accused) is now charged with having suborned Bossier on that occasion. Another witness who testified then in his favor was Lum McCann. And this witness repeated on the present trial the same testimony he gave on the former trial.
On cross-examination, he was asked:
“If he had not stated in the presence of Mrs. Ponder, after the trial of Ike Cox for larceny, that he (the said…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. CraftSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
3Cited by4 opinions
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