State v. Barton

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

The defendant, Alfred Sidney Barton, charged in a bill of indictment with the crime of aggravated battery, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to serve a term of three years at hard labor in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. From the conviction and sentence he has appealed to this court.

In the court below, defendant reserved 13 bills of exception, but has abandoned in brief and in argument before this court all except Bills Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, and 12.

Bills of Exception Nos. 5, .6, and 8.

Counsel for defendant moved for the sequestration of witnesses, which motion was…