State v. Fields

The opinion of .the court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

The defendant stands charged, in general terms, with having feloniously, wilfully and of his malice aforethought, killed and murdered one Lee Hughes, in the Parish of East Feliciana.

He was tried in September, 1898, and found “guilty as charged.”

A new trial was granted, and he was tried the second time, at March term, 1899.

He was again found guilty as charged, and sentenced to be hung, and from that judgment and sentence, prosecutes this appeal.

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The first question presented relates to a motion made to quash the indictment on the ground that…