State v. Riggs
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Edmund Denis Miller, Judge. John Riggs was convicted of murder and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, J.
The defendant was charged on the 4th day of February, 1903, by the grand jury of the parish of Calcasieu, with i having murdered Thornton Collins on the 9th day of November, 1902.
He was placed on his trial on the 3d day of March, 1903, was convicted as charged, and condemned to suffer the extreme penalty of the law.
From the sentence he prosecutes this appeal.
A list of petit jurors drawn and summoned for the term of court at which he was tried was served as required. After the ease had been called for trial, and while the trial was being proceeded with, the sheriff, it appears, drew the names…
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