State v. Darrow

Decided May 15, 1887

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1887-05-15

<p>A motion for a new trial, unaccompanied by any bill of exceptions to tlie ruling thereon, will not be examined. Unless the record contains either a bill of exceptions, motion in arrest of judgment, assignment of errors, or error patent on its face, the judgment will not be disturbed.</p>

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Decided 1887-05-15

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¶1The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Todd, J.

¶2The defendant appeals from a sentence of one year’s *678imprisonment at hard labor, having been convicted of inflicting a wound less than mayhem.

¶3Iiis only complaint here is that the trial judge refused to grant him a new trial. The motion, therefore, was founded on the separating of the jury after retiring to deliberate upon their verdict.

¶4It suffices to say that no bill of exceptions was taken to the overruling of the motion. In the absence of such bill, containing the evidence or a statement of facts upon which the judge based his ruling, this Court is powerless to review the matter. State vs. Wire, 38 Ann. 685.

¶5Judgment affirmed.