State v. Douglass

Supreme Court of Louisiana

State v. Douglass

28 La. Ann. 425

CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana

DecidedApril 15, 1876

DocketNo. 6077

StatusPublished

Cited by3 cases

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State v. Douglass, 28 La. Ann. 425 (La. 1876).

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Howell, J.

The defendant has appealed from a judgment sentencing him to imprisonment in the Penitentiary for eighteen months for an [426]*426assault by willfully shooting at one Anthony James, and assigns as crtor, among others, that the record fails to show that the jury who tried the ease was sworn before the trial. '

In the case of State vs. Gates, 9 An. 94, this court said : “ We think the record of conviction is defective, in not showing that the jurors who tried the issue were not sworn. The original entry on the minutes enumerates the jury, but does not state that they were sworn, and this material fact can not be supplied in a criminal ease by the presumption of omnia rite acta, but should appear on the record itself.” Beale vs. Campbell, 1 How. Miss. 24; Irwin vs. Jones, ibid, 494; 2 Blackford’s Reports, p. 272. See, also, the forms of records of conviction at the assizes, to bo found in the appendix to the fourth Black. Com., in each of which, after the recital of the names of the jury, is added : ‘ Who, being elected, tried, ánd sworn,’ etc. Also, Bishop on Crim. Pros., p. 927 (sec. 927); 2 Texas R., p. 280; 10 Ohio R., p. 575. Upon these authorities, and the fact that the State has not applied to correct the record, we must hold the assignment good.

It is therefore ordered that the judgment of the district court be reversed, and the case remanded for a new trial according to law.

Mr. Chief Justice Ludeling and Mr. Justice Wyly dissent for reasons in No. 6060.

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Howell, J.

The defendant has appealed from a judgment sentencing him to imprisonment in the Penitentiary for eighteen months for an [426]*426assault by willfully shooting at one Anthony James, and assigns as crtor, among others, that the record fails to show that the jury who tried the ease was sworn before the trial. '

In the case of State vs. Gates, 9 An. 94, this court said : “ We think the record of conviction is defective, in not showing that the jurors who tried the issue were not sworn. The original entry on the minutes enumerates the jury, but does not state that they were sworn, and this material fact can not be supplied in a criminal ease by the presumption of omnia rite acta, but should appear on the record itself.” Beale vs. Campbell, 1 How. Miss. 24; Irwin vs. Jones, ibid, 494; 2 Blackford’s Reports, p. 272. See, also, the forms of records of conviction at the assizes, to bo found in the appendix to the fourth Black. Com., in each of which, after the recital of the names of the jury, is added : ‘ Who, being elected, tried, ánd sworn,’ etc. Also, Bishop on Crim. Pros., p. 927 (sec. 927); 2 Texas R., p. 280; 10 Ohio R., p. 575. Upon these authorities, and the fact that the State has not applied to correct the record, we must hold the assignment good.

It is therefore ordered that the judgment of the district court be reversed, and the case remanded for a new trial according to law.

Mr. Chief Justice Ludeling and Mr. Justice Wyly dissent for reasons in No. 6060.

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