State v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Evangeline; B. H. Pavy, Judge. Ben Johnson and Hyman Johnson were convicted of manslaughter, and they appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, C. J.
[1] Four persons having been prosecuted for murder, two of them, Ben and Hyman Johnson, were convicted of manslaughter, and bring up this appeal.
Their first bill of exception was reserved to the overruling of a motion for continuance which was based upon the ground that no “legally certified” copies of the indictment and “list of venire” had been served on them. It is not asserted that no such lists were served, or that the lists, as served, were incorrect; the complaint being that they did not bear the seal of the court. The law (R. S. § 992) does not require the seal of the court, or even…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- State v. RomeroSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
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3Cited by12 opinions
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