Legal Opinion
State v. Williams
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 11, 1911No. 19,141PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Richland; John R. McIntosh, Judge. R. W. Williams was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
Defendant was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to pay a fine of $10 and the costs of the prosecution, and to suffer imprisonment at hard labor for two years. He presents his case to this court on two bills of exception (others which appear in the transcript having been abandoned), to wit:
Bill No. 1. To the refusal of the court to charge the jury specially as follows:
“If the defendant had a reasonable ground to believe from appearances that his life was then and there in imminent danger or of great bodily harm, and that he killed deceased believing that he was Chambers, who had…
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