Legal Opinion
State v. Brown
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 31, 1927No. 28356PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
This ease is brought here by an appeal from a conviction and sentence for manslaughter.
No appearance on behalf of defendant has been made in this court, either by brief or oral argument.
An examination of the record discloses three bills of exception reserved during the course of the trial in the court below.
It appears that, when the defendant and a little girl, Ethel McNeil, approached- the gallery on which the deceased was sitting, the defendant shoved the girl and told her he would kill her, whereupon the girl threw her arms around the deceased, who was her cousin, and begged him not to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
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