State v. Smith
State v. Smith
Opinion of the Court
The defendant having been indicted for murder and found guilty of manslaughter, has appealed from the judgment sentencing him to imprisonment for five years at hard labor in the State penitentiary, and has assigned as error:
“First — That the judge a quo erred in overruling the motion of defendant to quash the panel of tales jurors selected by the sheriff.” The ground of the motion, as copied in the record, was that the said tales jurors were selected by the sheriff, and were not drawn fr.om the list of registered voters as the regular panel was. The facts, as to-
“ Second — That the indictment is insufficient in this, that it does not appear to be presented on the oath of the grand jury.”
The indictment recites that the grand jurors were duly impanneled and sworn, and if it be sacramental for the expression, “ úpon their oath present, etc.,” to be used, we have no doubt it is so used; the whole of said expression being in the transcript except the word “oath,” which is necessarily a clerical error in copying. We can. make no other rendering of the paragraph.
Judgment affirmed.
Rehearing refused.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- State of Louisiana v. Austin E. Smith
- Status
- Published