State v. Duplechain

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nicholls, C. J.

Accused was prosecuted for murder, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to two- years imprisonment in the penitentiary. He has appealed.

The only ground of complaint urged is contained in a hill of exceptions, in which it is recited that “a witness for the prosecution, Lastie Smith, being on the stand and having testified in chief to the facts leading up to the homicide, was turned over to defendant’s counsel for examination, whereupon he elicited from the witness statements going to show that the witness had been tried and convicted…