State v. Craft
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twentieth Judicial District Court, Parish of Terrebonne; Louis P. Caillouet, Judge. Hilary Craft was convicted .of murder, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The accused was indicted for the murder of one Will Bennett, was duly tried and found guilty “without capital punishment.”
The accused appeals from the sentence of life imprisonment, and relies for reversal on three bills of exception.
Bill No. 1.
William Bennett, the deceased, lived with Paul Jackson and his wife, Sarah Jackson, and slept in a separate bed in the same room, a circumstance not unusual among colored people of their class.
Paul Jackson and Sarah Jackson were eyewitnesses to the homicide which was committed in their dwelling.
On cross-examination, Sarah Jackson was asked whether she…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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