State v. Stafford

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

On the 27th day of .January, 1902, an indictment was found against the defendant charging him with having murdered Delia Stafford.

He was tried by a jury and found guilty as charged, and sentenced to suffer the extreme penalty of the law. No bill of exceptions was taken and no assignment of errors was filed.

After the record had been filed here an examination -found that it did not appear of record that the defendant had been asked by the presiding judge, prior to delivering his sentence, if he had any statement to makcwhy sentence should not…