Broussard v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for fifty years.

It was charged in the indictment, in substance, that appellant, with malice aforethought, killed Etienne Richard by shooting him with a gun.

The homicide occurred on the 5th day of February, 1937, on a tract of land appellant had leased for trapping purposes. Deceased and Albert Theriot had entered into an agreement with appellant whereby they were permitted to trap on said land. According to the testimony of the State, appellant, deceased and Theriot had been having trouble, which…