State v. Lewis

The accused was indicted for the crime of rape, charged to have been committed on November 11, 1903; was tried, convicted, and sentenced to be hanged. The accused appealed, and his assignment of errors is contained in three bills of exception.

1. The first bill contains the following recitals, viz.:

“Be it remembered that on the trial of the cause the Honorable A. P. Marmouget, recorder of the Third District court, being on the stand, the district attorney asked the following question for the purpose of disclosing statements made by the accused while in custody and confined in the station cell…