West v. Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. The plaintiffs in error were proceeded against by information and were convicted of larceny in the Criminal. District Court of the Parish of Orleans, Louisiana, on April 4, 1902, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment, which conviction and sentence were thereaftér affirmed by the Supreme Court of Louisiana. 109 Louisiana, 603. • They have brought the case here by wrijt of error.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. The plaintiffs in error were proceeded against by information and were convicted of larceny in the Criminal. District Court of the Parish of Orleans, Louisiana, on April 4, 1902, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment, which conviction and sentence were thereaftér affirmed by the Supreme Court of Louisiana. 109 Louisiana, 603. • They have brought the case here by wrijt of error. On the trial the district attorney offered to read the testimony of one Thebaud, after having proved that he was permanently absent from the State and was a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
The only question for this court to determine is whether the ' admission of the deposition of Thebaud as evidence upon the. trial of this case deprived the plaintiffs in error of due process Of law, and therefore was a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment upon the part of the State through its judicial depart-' ment!
For many years the Supreme Court of Louisiana has held that upon such facts as were proved in this case it was proper . to admit a deposition as evidence upon the trial of the accused; ' that in such circumstances he had been confronted with the witnesses within the meaning of…
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