State v. Terrell

The three defendants, named in the title, appeal from the sentence of death pronounced against them. These defendants, together with two others, namely, Arthur Williams and Joe Anderson, were indicted by the grand jury for the parish of Orleans for the murder of William Blumstein. Anderson had not been apprehended at the time of the trial, and therefore was not tried. Williams was not brought to the bar for trial by the state, but a severance, at the instance of the state, was granted as to him. As to the remaining three, named in the title, the jury, after the case was submitted to them,…