State v. Summerlin

Statement of the Case.

NICHOLLS, J.

Relators aver:

“That they, together with two other parties who have been released, were arrested by the sheriff of Claiborne parish under warrants issued by the clerk of the district court in and for Claiborne parish, your said state, based on what was claimed to be a bill of indictment, copy of bill hereto annexed and made a part hereof, charging them with the offense of ‘Shooting in Private House,’ to which charge, they (the relators) pleaded not guilty and went to trial. The court found them guilty as charged. They thereon moved for a new trial, on the…