State v. Reeves
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Beauregard; T. F. Porter, Jr., Judge. John Reeves'and Lige Goss were convicted of larceny.of 16 sheep, and they appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
By Division A, composed of Chief Justice PROVOSTY and' Justices OVERTON and LECHE-,
LECHE, J.
Defendants were indicted, tried, and convicted, for the larceny of 16 sheep. In this appeal they present as grounds for reversal three bills of exception.
[1] The first bill is to the refusal of the judge to permit Goss to testify that he had served in the late war, had gone overseas, and had been honorably discharged. Such testimony was clearly irrelevant to prove the honesty of defendant, the purpose for which it was offered. Men who volunteered or were drafted into the army and served their country…
2Cited by3 opinions
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