State v. Kennedy

The opinion of a majority of the court was pronounced by

King, J.

The defendant Kennedy, was indicted before the Criminal Court of the First District for the murder of Benjamin Wood Wait, alleged to have been committed in the parish of New Orleans. Upon trial he was convicted, and having in the court below made ineffectual motions fora new trial and in arrest of judgment, he has sought relief by an appeal to this court.

The conclusion at which we have arrived, would warrant us in passing in silence over most of the grounds relied upon by the appellant in support of his motions. Pursuing,…