Legal Opinion
State v. West
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 15, 1893No. 11,274PublishedCited by 12 opinions
APPEAL from the Eighteenth District Court, Parish of Lafourche. Caillouet, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nicholls, O. J.
The defendant was indicted for the murder of Thomas Lyall at the September term, in 1892, of the District Court for Lafourche. He was tried, found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for one year.
He appealed to this court. On appeal the verdict of the jury and the judgment of the court thereon were set aside and the ease remanded. State vs. West, ante, page 15.
He was tried a second time and again sentenced to hard labor in the State penitentiary at Baton Rouge for the term of one year.
Prom this judgment he has…
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