State v. Hoover

FOURNET, Justice.

The defendant, Jacob Hoover, having-been convicted of shooting with intent to kill and sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary at hard labor for a period of not less than one nor more than three years, prosecutes this appeal, relying for the reversal thereof on certain errors alleged to have been committed during the course of his trial, to which timely objections were made and exceptions reserved.

Bill of Exceptions No. 1 was reserved when the defendant was compelled to go to trial, over his objection, on Tuesday, June 23, 1942, and is based on the fact that a…