State v. Harris

The opinion of the court was delivered by

DeBlanc, J.

On the tenth of February, 1877, one George Washington was killed in the parish of Iberville. Four brothers, Moses, Robert, Henry and Joseph Harris, accused of the homicide, were arrested, indicted for manslaughter, tried, found guilty, and sentenced to hard labor-in the State penitentiary for the space of seven years.

Three of the defendants — Joseph, Henry and Robert — attempted, but iu vain, to obtain a new trial and arrest the judgment. They are now before us — and, as they did in the lower court — they contend here, that:

First — After the…