State v. Kane
Supreme Court of Louisiana
PPEAL from the First Judicial District Court, parish of Caddo. Taylor, J. The common law method of proceedings in the prosecution of crimes, offenses and misdemeanors has been adopted in this State, unless otherwise provided, and must be pursued step by step, or the law’s penalty cannot be imposed. R. S. 976; 1 Bishop on Crim. Pro.
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PPEAL from the First Judicial District Court, parish of Caddo. Taylor, J. The common law method of proceedings in the prosecution of crimes, offenses and misdemeanors has been adopted in this State, unless otherwise provided, and must be pursued step by step, or the law’s penalty cannot be imposed. R. S. 976; 1 Bishop on Crim. Pro. Secs. 80, 93. First — A copy of the indictment and a list of the jury must be served upon the accused, indicted for grand larceny, two entire days before the case can be set down for trial; that is before his arraignment, which precedes the setting the case. R. S.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Levy, J.
Frank Kane was indicted, tried by jury and convicted of *1001the crime of larceny, and sentenced to three years imprisonment at hard labor. From the judgment of the District Court the defendant has appealed.
On the 18th of September, 1880, the case was set for trial on the 22d of same month. The defendant objected to this order for the reasons as stated in his bill of exceptions, to wit: because a copy of the indictment and list of the jury had not been served upon him two entire days previous to the fixing of the case for trial. He also objected to…
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- Gamage v. HarrisSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1887
- Eichenberg v. MarcySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1893
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