State v. Gibson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; Clay Elliott, Judge. Weldon Gibson was convicted of felonious assault, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Defendant was charged in an indictment found at the October term of the court in 1906 with having committed a felonious assault on Tom Williams by willfully shooting at him.
On the 10th day of June, 1907, his ease was called, and he stood his trial.
The jury found him guilty as charged.
On a later day of that month he was sentenced by the court to the state penitentiary to serve at hard labor for a period of five years and to pay the cost of the prosecution.
He appealed from the verdict and sentence.
There are a number of bills of exceptions.
In the first bill of exceptions the defendant urged that…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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