State v. Varnado
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; Robert S. Ellis, Judge. Will Varnado was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Warren Ricks and Will Varna-■do were jointly indicted for tbe murder of Jefll Amacker on January 1, 1909. Ricks was granted a severance. Varnado was tried and convicted of manslaughter, and has appealed from a sentence of imprisonment at hard labor for 20 years.
A number of bills of exception are relied on for the reversal of the verdict and sentence. We will preface their consideration by a recital of the substance of the evidence as disclosed by the record. The most important witness for the state was Warren Ricks, who had agreed with the prosecuting officer to plead guilty to a charge of…
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