State v. Thornhill

LAND, Justice.

Defendant is charged with the murder of Earl Wilkinson, in the parish of Tangi-pahoa, on the 1st day of September, 1936. He was found guilty as charged, without capital punishment, by the jury, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for the term of his natural life.

On appeal, the defendant relies, for the reversal of his conviction and sentence, upon numerous bills of exceptions reserved in the court below.

Bill of Exception Ño. L

During the selection of the jury, a juror was asked on his voir dire by counsel for defendant if he was not the first cousin of an…