State v. Scanlan

The opinion of the court was delivered' by

Breaux, J.

The defendants, James Scanlan and James Brown, were-jointly indicted by the Grand Jury of the Parish of Orleans, on the seventh day of July, 1899, for killing- John Untereiner in that parish, on the seventeenth day of June, 1899.

Counsel for the defendant, James Scanlan, presented a motion to the court for a severence, which was overruled on the eighth day of February, 1900. Defendant, Scanlan, through his counsel, reserved a bill of exceptions to the ruling of the court.

On the twenty-sixth day of March, 1900, the defendants were placed on…