State v. Phillips

Defendant was indicted with one Virgie Fletcher on the charge of murdering Fred Delacardo in the parish of Natchitoches in February, 1927. A severance was granted in the case, and Phillips was tried, found guilty as charged, and sentenced to death. From the verdict rendered and the sentence pronounced he prosecutes this appeal.

What is properly the first bill of exceptions, found in the record, is numbered 2, and the bill, which is properly the second bill, is numbered 1. It appears from bill No. 2 that, on March 7, 1927, within a few minutes after the indictment herein was returned, Phillips,…