Legal Opinion
State v. Fourchy
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 6, 1899No. 12,895PublishedCited by 22 opinions
ON APPEAL from the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Moise, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court ivas delivered by
Nicholls, C. J.
The defendant was indicted for embezzlement, convicted and sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor for two years. He appealed. His grounds of complaint are embodied in six bills of exception.
The first error urged is the action of the court in refusing to maintain defendant’s challenge for cause of the eighth juror drawn from the box, one J. Barrere, thus, compelling a peremptory challenge.
The bill of exception having reference.to this matter is as follows:
*230“After the State and the defendant had announced to the court that they were ready…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. HoytSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1880
- Burrell v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1857
- Wiley v. KeokukSupreme Court of Kansas · 1870
- People v. McGungillCalifornia Supreme Court · 1871
- Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1879
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Burch v. Southern Pacific Co.Nevada Supreme Court · 1909
- San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co. v. LesterTexas Supreme Court · 1905
- State v. BellardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- State v. McColloughSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- State v. McCoySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
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