State v. Blount
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; Robert Stephens Ellis, Judge. Avery Llount was convicted of murder, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The defendant was indicted for the murder of John C. Breeland, and was found guilty as charged. Defendant was sentenced to death, and has appealed.. John C. Breeland, Mrs. Breeland, his wife, and Mrs. Everett, her daughter, on January 22, 1909, after dark, were murdered in. the *205public road, near Tiekfaw, in the parish of Tangipahoa. Avery Blonnt was charged with the three murders, in separate indictments. He was tried for the murder of John O. Breeland. His defense was an alibi. He was convicted, and appealed, as above stated, and relies for the reversal of the verdict and sentence on…
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