State v. Stelly
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Martin; James Simon, Judge. Jean Stelly was convicted of murder, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtOverton, J.
Defendant was convicted of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. He relies on two bills of exception. The first presents a plea to the jurisdiction of the court that convicted him.
*1023Defendant wounded Olay Quebedeaux in the parish of- St. Martin. After the wound was inflicted, Quebedeaux was taken immediately to the office of a physician in the parish of St. Landry for treatment, where he died of the wound, shortly after having been taken there.
Defendant contends that the district court of the parish in which Quebedeaux died was alone possessed of jurisdiction, and not…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Littell v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1893
- Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad v. LipkingIndiana Supreme Court · 1915
- State v. HeasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1855
- State v. McCoyLouisiana Court of Errors and Appeals · 1844
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