State v. Lonigan

■Defendant, William Vernon Lonigan, appeals from the conviction of murder without capital punishment for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary, La.R.S. 14:30. During his trial, the defendant reserved twenty-nine bills of exceptions. On this appeal he expressly waived nine of the bills, and has apparently abandoned sixteen others in view of his failure to argue them in his brief. Consequently, the defendant relies upon the remaining bills of exceptions, Nos. 26, 27, 28 and 29, to obtain a reversal of his conviction and sentence.

Bill of Exceptions No. 26 was…