State v. Besancon
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans; F. D. Chretien, Judge. Eugene Besancon and Francois Rodin were found guilty of murder, and appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The accused were indicted for the murder of one Franz Hermann Reidel. Both were found guilty as charged, and were sentenced to be hanged. The accused have appealed, and rely for reversal on several bills of exception.
Reidel was murdered, and his- dead body, inclosed in a sack, was found in the waters of the Old Basin. His person had been rifled of his pocketbook, watch, and chain. Suspicion pointed its finger at Besancon as the murderer, and his room as the place of the homicide. Besancon was arrested, and made a statement to the district attorney implicating Rodin as chief actor in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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