State v. Preuett
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Grant; W. F. Blackman, Judge. Tom and Henry Preuett were convicted of willfully shooting at two persons named in the indictment, and they appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
MONROE, O. J.
Defendants, having been convicted of willfully shooting at two persons named in the indictment, and sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor, appeal to' this court, but have made no appearance here, either in person or by counsel.
[1] It appears from the transcript that they moved for a continuance, but reserved no bill of exception to the overruling of their motion, the correctness of which cannot, therefore, be.inquired into. Marr’s Or. Jur. of La. p. 598.
[2] Having been convicted, they moved for a new trial, upon the ground that they had thereafter discovered a witness who-…
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