State v. Hill
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; A. M. Barbe, Judge. John Hill was convicted of robbery, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The accused was convicted on a charge of robbery, and sentenced to *732seven years in the penitentiary, and has appealed.
His reliance is upon a bill of exception reserved to the overruling of his motion for a continuance. On the 25th of April, 1914, he was arraigned, and counsel .was appointed by the court to defend him, and his case was fixed for trial for the 4th of May, 1914. On that day the case was reassigned for the 7th. On the 7th he asked for a continuance, on the ground that he desired to employ counsel to defend him, and had not had time to communicate with “his people,” who lived in…
2Cited by2 opinions
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- State v. DalcourSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919