State v. High
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Thomas Fletcher Bell, Judge. Ananias High was convicted of shooting while lying in wait and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The defendant was convicted of “shooting while lying in wait,” the penalty whereof is death, was sentenced, and has appealed.
What his defense was does not appear from the record, unless we are to infer from his having offered to prove threats that he relied on self-defense.
All the parties involved are negroes; de* fendant and the man who was shot, Sam Walker, were brothers-in-law; the scene was the Wemple plantation, in the parish of Oaddo, about 30 miles above Shreveport.
Just after dark, as Sam Walker stepped out upon the gallery of his house, he was shot from out of the darkness.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- State v. HaabSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
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