State v. Gardner

Defendant was tried and convicted of the crime of assault by willfully shooting at Louis Lapuyade, and was sentenced to imprisonment in -the state penitentiary at hard labor for a term of not less than one nor more than three years.

He relies for the reversal of the conviction and sentence upon the following grounds set out in a motion for a new trial:

1. The verdict of the jury is contrary to the law and the evidence. This ground presents no question of law to be reviewed.

2. Defendant was prosecuted under an information against Arthur Gardner, when in fact defendant’s name is Arthur Gordon.

Defe…