State v. Ashworth

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The defendant was tried for murder, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to hard labor for a term not less than 13 years nor more than 20 years.

The errors claimed to have been committed by the lower court are presented in 25 bills of exception, to which is added a suggestion in the brief that the sentence is illegal because the minimum imprisonment exceeds that authorized by law.

The first complaint is that the court refused counsel's request to permit the…