State v. Williams

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BREAUX, J.

Attempting to bribe a witness was the crime with which Dennis Williams was charged, indicted, tried, found guilty, and sentenced to serve one year at hard labor in the State penitentiary.

The case is before us on bills of exceptions, motion for new trial, and motion in arrest.

Taking up, in the first place, bill of exceptions number one (1) it appears that defendant’s counsel timely objected to the words of the District Attorney as follows: “Fll tell you, gentlemen of the jury, hé is a bad man from bitter creek,” used in speaking of the…