State v. Ruffin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Seventeenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Vermilion; William Pierrepont Edwards, Judge. Sylvester Ruffin was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Defendant was tried for murder, and found guilty of manslaughter. His complaints are, first, that the indictment against him for murder was found after an information had been filed against him for manslaughter on the same facts, and nolle prosequied; second, that a certain newspaper containing the syllabi of the decisions handed down by this court on one of its decision days, and also one of the pamphlet numbers of the Southern Reporter were suffered to remain in the room in which the petit jury held its deliberations; third, that instead of being served with their meals in the courthouse,…
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