Case Name: State of Louisiana v. William Evans
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1875-04
Citations: 27 La. 297
Docket Number: No. 5343
Parties: State of Louisiana v. William Evans.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 27
Pages: 297–298

Head Matter:
No. 5343.
State of Louisiana v. William Evans.
The coroner’s inquest being signed by the coroner and duly certified by him, the jurors having signed by making tlioir cross marks, and the whole being certified by the coroner who is a sworn officer, his certificate of the signatures 'of the jurors is sufficient.
APPEAL from the Fifteenth Judicial District Court, parish of Terrebonne. Beattie, J. Criminal case.
Thomas L. Winder, district attorney, for the State, appellee. Tobias Gibson, for defendant and appellant.

Opinion:
Taliaferro, J.
The defendant was found guilty of the crime of murder and sentenced to hard labor in the penitentiary for life. He has appealed. On trial of the case the district attorney offered in evidence the coroner's inquest held over the body of the deceased. It was objected to on the part of the defendant, on. the ground that the signatures of the pretended jurors was not verified as the law requires, the same having been made with a cross mart, and no witnesses thereto. The objection was overruled and a bill of exceptions reserved.
The coroner's inquest was signed by the coroner, and duly certified to by him. The jurors signed by making their cross mark, and the whole was certified to by the coroner, who is a sworn officer. His certificate of the signatures of the jurors is sufficient.
Judgment affirmed.