State v. Jack
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. John the Baptist; John E. Fleury, Judge. Fed Stewart, Joe Gay, and Priestly Jack were charged with burglary and larceny. Jack pleaded guilty, and the others were convicted on both counts, and appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Priestly Jack, Fed Stewart, and Joe Gay were arrested on the 6th of March and lodged in jail. Eleven days later, on the 17th, an indictment was found against them. On that same day they were arraigned. Priestly Jack pleaded guilty; the other two not guilty; and their case was fixed for trial for the 22d. They did not ask for the appointment of counsel to defend them. Relatives of theirs seem to have taken an interest in securing counsel for them, for on the 11th counsel wrote to the district attorney from a neighboring parish to know about the status of the case, and for what day it would be…
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