State v. Robinson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nicholls, C. J.

The indictment charges that Felix Robinson and Major Johnson, at the parish of Calcasieu, on the 8th of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-nine, did wilfully, feloniously and of their malice aforethought, kill and murder one Hose Butler.

Johnson filed a motion for a severance which was refused. No bill of exceptions was taken. The parties were tried together. The jury found Felix Robinson guilty as charged, without capital punishment, and Johnson guilty of manslaughter.

*618Robinson, sentenced to…