State v. McFarland

In January, 1873, the defendant, Zack McFarland, was indicted for murder. He was arrested by the sheriff of the parish of Caddo, and on the fifteenth day of March he applied to the District Judge of said parish for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging in his petition that he had been indicted for murder; had been arrested by the sheriff, and was lodged in jail. He also averred that he was not guilty of the crime charged, but at the time he shot the said Aleck (James Alexander) the said Aleck was then and there in the act of killing and murdering his (petitioner’s) brother, and that petitioner…