State v. Varnado

Citations

• 124 La. 711
• 50 So. 661
• 1909 La. LEXIS 533

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Daw (§ 184*) — Former Jeopardy— Discharge of Jury Because of Illness of Judge — Effect.</p> <p>The discharge of the jury without verdict, after the reading of the indictment in a capital case, on the ground of the illness of the judge, and the likelihood of his inability for several days to hold court, is from necessity, under the rule that there is no jeopardy when the discharge of the jury is from necessity.</p>