State v. Riviere

HAMITER, Justice.

To show some of the factual background' of this prosecution, which is for an offense-allegedly occurring in the City of New Orleans, we quote the following from the brief of defense counsel: “Vincent Riviere, a. young white man of about 29, * * * was returning from frog hunting on June 7y 1952, when he became involved in a traffic-argument with three negroes who refused move over and permit him to pass when he sounded his horn. On arriving at Dumaine- and Claiborne where they were both stopped, for a traffic light, one of the negroes (according to the testimony of a State…