State v. Owens
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Third. Judicial District Court, Parish of Claiborne; B. P. Edwards, Judge. T. A. Owens, Sr., was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The accused has appealed from :a sentence of hard labor for the crime of .manslaughter, and relies for reversal on an ■•assignment of errors and a bill of exceptions.
The accused assigns for error that the minutes do not affirmatively show that the foreman of the grand jury which found the indictment was duly appointed and sworn. This objection comes too late after plea and ■trial. Marr’s Criminal Jurisprudence, § 304.
[1, 2] It is assigned as error that Hon. Thomas W. Robertson, district attorney of the Second judicial district, was called and sworn as district attorney pro tempore of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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