State v. Lee
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Avoyelles; G. H. Couvillon, Judge. Mack Lee was convicted of murder, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPbovosty, J.
The accused was convicted of murder and sentenced to be hanged, and has appealed.
On December 1, 1901, one James Williams, a white man, was murdered by a negro named Mack Lee, in the parish of Avoyelles. Mack Lee escaped, leaving, as we understand, his wife behind him; and was no further heard from. In April, 1910, a negro by the name of Guy Fenner was arrested in San Antonio, Tex., for crime. It was thought he was Mack Lee. Accordingly, he was brought to Avoyelles to be tried for the crime of 1901. On the way, when the train stopped at Opelousas, some persons came on board, and one of them…
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