State v. Brasseaux

The defendant, Molton Brasseaux, is indicted jointly with Joe Genna for the murder of one Joe Brevelle on the 28th day of August, 1926, in the parish of Beauregard.

The defendants were granted a severance and were tried separately. Both defendants were found guilty as charged and sentenced to be hanged.

The present appeal is prosecuted by Molton Brasseaux, who relies upon numerous bills of exception for the reversal of the conviction and sentence in his case.

Bill No. 1.

Each defendant filed a motion for a change of venue. These motions were consolidated, tried, and overruled.

' As the evidence…