State v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry; Edward Taylor Lewis, Judge. D. H. Thompson and C. A. Thompson were convicted of manslaughter, and appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
The defendants, D. H. Thompson and C. A. Thompson, having-been convicted of manslaughter and duly sentenced, prosecute this appeal, and present their case to this court by means of the bills of exception which will now be considered.
Bill No. 1 shows that A. E. Calcóte, called as a juror, and examined on his voir dire, stated that his wife was a cousin of the accused, though, how near, he did not know; whereupon the court ordered him to stand aside without affording counsel for the accused an opportunity to examine him; that P. C. Allen, summoned as a tales juror, answered that he would not…
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