State v. Spears

Defendant appeals from a verdict of guilty of murder without capital punishment, and from a sentence condemning him to hard labor in the state penitentiary for life.

There are two bills of exceptions found in the record, only one of which is urged in this court. That bill was taken to the -ruling of the court refusing the application for a new trial on the ground:

“That during the night the said jury was permitted to separate at their lodging quarters in the town of Greensburg, La., six having slept on the east side of said hotel, and six having slept on the west side, there being an…