State v. Clayton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Richland; William Jefferson Gray, Judge. William Clayton was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
NICHOLLS, J.
Appellant, indicted for the murder of one John Wesley, was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The first bill of exception reserved was to the refusal of the court to permit a witness for the state to be asked upon cross-examination “whether it was not a fact that the deceased party was in the habit of going armed,” upon the objection made by the district attorney that the proper foundation for the question had not been laid.
The court having ordered that the facts upon which the bill was founded should be…
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