State v. Pool
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Sixteenth Judicial District Oourt for the Parish of St. Helena. Reid, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Watkins, J.
The defendant was indicted for the murder of a colored girl under fourteen years of age, and appeals from a verdict of guilty and sentence of death, relying upon three bills of exceptions which were reserved to the ruling of the court during the progress of the trial.
The first bill relates to the declination of the trial judge to grant a continuance of the case based upon two grounds: (1) The impossibility of procuring the attendance of an important witness who was absent; and (2) that sufficient time had not been allowed counsel for the…
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