State v. Johnston

HAMITER, Justice.

On the night of Sunday, May 28, 1944, Alexander Johnston, the defendant herein and then a police officer of the City of New Orleans, became engaged in an argument and fight with a soldier while they were drinking together at a liquor establishment located on the corner of St. Philip ■and Broad Streets in that city.

When the soldier fled, Johnston, in an intoxicated condition and dressed in his summer police uniform, attempted to follow in pursuit, running along Broad Street and ■discharging his police regulation revolver three or four times as he ran. This gun, having a six…