State v. Neu

BItUNOT, Justice.

The defendant was indicted -for the crime of murder. He was tried for that crime, and -the jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged. A motion for a new trial was filed, heard, and overruled, and the defendant was sentenced to be hanged by the neck until he is dead, at such time as the Governor of the state of Louisiana shall designate in his warrant. Erom this verdict and sentence he appealed.

When the case was reached on the assignment docket of this court, the defendant, through his counsel, filed a motion for continuance. The motion recites that this court is composed…