State v. Coleman

Citations

• 111 La. 303
• 35 So. 500
• 1903 La. LEXIS 532

Syllabus

<p>HOMICIDE—INDICTMENT.</p> <p>1. An indictment is not vitiated for want of the averment of any matter not necessary to be proved, such as “that the deceased was a person in the peace of the state, then and there being.”</p> <p>2. In criminal prosecutions, evidence of a motive for the commission of the alleged crime is relevant against the accused and is admissible. In this case state witnesses were asked concerning a supposed quarrel between the accused and the deceased, and whether the accused had not charged the deceased with having burned certain lumber belonging to the accused. Held, the questions were properly admitted.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the O.ourt.)</p>