Legal Opinion

State v. Bunger

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 15, 1859PublishedCited by 13 opinions

PPEAL from the District Court of the Parish of Madison, Farrar, J.

1Opinion of the CourtVoorhies, J.

The defendant was indicted, in the year 1856, for the murder of his wife, found guilty and sentenced to death. Having appealed to the Supreme Court, in session at Munroe, he succeeded in obtaining a reversal of this judgment; and the case was remanded for a new trial. 11 An. 607.

A new indictment for the same offence was preferred against him in the District Court. He then obtained a change of venue, was tried, again found guilty, and was sentenced to death.

We will now consider the questions of law presented by the numerous bills of exception, which the prisoner has taken to the rulings of the…

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. Kohl v. LehlbackSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Chadwick v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1905
  3. State v. OstranderSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
  4. Farmers National Bank v. Farmers & Traders BankCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
  5. Griggs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1908

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