State v. Britton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Tenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Concordia; J. S. Boatner, Judge. D. H. Britton, Jr., and another were convicted of murder, and appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSommeryille, J.
Defendants appeal from a verdict finding them guilty of murder without capital punishment, and sentence condemning them to hard labor in the penitentiary for life.
Bill of exceptions No. 1: This bill, taken to the ruling of the court refusing to grant a continuance of the trial of the motion to quash the indictment, appears to have been abandoned. It is without merit.
[1] No. 2: On the trial of the motion to quash the indictment on the ground that the grand jury acted in the finding of said indictment without proper and competent evidence, that the grand jury had not heard any evidence, and it…
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