State v. Brette

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Preston, J.

The prisoner is indicted for the murder of Jules Ra'bourdin, in the parish of St. Mary, on the 5th day of March, 1850. An indictment was found against him on the 4th of June, he was arraigned and plead not guilty on the 5th, and was put upon his trial on the 10th of that month, without having applied for a continuance. On the 14th of the month the jury were discharged, having declared that they could not possibly agree upon a verdict.

At the term of the court for the parish, in January, 1851, the accused was again put upon his trial. He…