State v. Brown
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twelfth Judicial District •Court, Parish of Sabine; John Bachman Lee, Judge. John Brown was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
NICHOLLS, C. J.
The defendant, indict•ed by the grand jury of the parish of Sabine for the murder of Dr. J. D. Litton, was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. An .appeal for a continuance was refused, as was .also an application for a new trial. No bills of exceptions were taken to the rulings of the court on these subjects.
Bill of exception No. 2 was taken to the refusal of the court to allow defendant to show by the witness Laney Self that some time—a month or two—before the shooting the deceased made a declaration…
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