Case Name: State of Louisiana vs. Edward Washington, alias Johnson, alias Blubber
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1876-02
Citations: 28 La. Ann. 129
Docket Number: No. 5930
Parties: State of Louisiana vs. Edward Washington, alias Johnson, alias Blubber.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 129–130

Head Matter:
No. 5930.
State of Louisiana vs. Edward Washington, alias Johnson, alias Blubber.
Tho plea o£ autrefois aegwit or convict must ho made heEore verdict, and is not allowable as aground for a new trial, or arrest of judgment. In amotion in arrest of judgment, the party is confined to matters patent on tho record, and can not ' seek matters aliunde to support it.
If the plea could bo a ground for now trial, as it must rest on facts to be established this court would be without jurisdiction to pass on it.
APPEAL from the Superior Criminal Court, parish of Orleans. Steele, J.
A. P. Field, Attorney General, for plaintiff and appellee.
T..H. Ferguson, for defendant and appellant.

Opinion:
Howell, J.
The defendant having been found guilty on the charge of. burglary in the Superior Criminal Court, moved for a new trial on the plea of autrefois convict, based on alleged proceedings against him in the First District Ccrart on an information for larceny committed at the same time as the burglary. On the trial of this motion the plea was, by consent, considered also as one in arrest of judgment, and it having been overruled, and the prisoner sentenced, he appealed.
The motion, in its twofold character, was properly refused. The plea, of autrefois acquit or convict must be made before verdict, and is not allowable as a ground for a new trial or arrest of judgment. See 25 An. 537, and authorities there cited; Wharton's Criminal Law 5£S; Bishop's Criminal Procedure 580. In a motion in arrest of judgment the party is confined to matters patent on the reeord, and ean not seek matter aliunde to support it. 6 An. 310; 8 An. 513.
If the plea could be a ground for new trial, as it must rest on facts to be established this court would be without jurisdiction to pass on it. See 11 An. 478.
Judgment affirmed.