State v. Sims
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany; Prentiss B. Carter, Judge. Cornelius Sims was convicted of an assault, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSt. Paul, J.
The appellant was convicted of an “assault by willfully shooting at.” The indictment charged that the person assaulted was one H. O. Jeff. But, whilst the jury was being impaneled, the district attorney asked leave of the court to amend the indictment by substituting for the name of H. O. Jeff-that of Charlie Clark, an entirely different person, and not another name for the same person. • To which the defendant objected; but the court none the less allowed the substitution, and the defendant reserved his bill of exception.
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Act 123 of 1855, p. 171, now section 1047 of the Revised Statutes of…
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