State v. Bellard
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; William Campbell, Judge. Pelicien and Aristide Bellard were convicted of manslaughter, and they appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
The defendants were charged with killing and murdering Nolton Guillary on the 15th day of September, 1912. They were indicted on November 8, 1912; arraigned, they pleaded not guilty on the 8th of November, and their trial was fixed for the 15th day of the same month; it began on that day and was concluded the next. The jury found both guilty of manslaughter.
A motion for a new trial was filed and overruled. Delicien Bellard was condemned to serve five years at hard labor in the penitentiary, and Aristide Bellard, three years.
[1,2] The first of defendants’ objections to the court’s ruling wits…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited14 opinions
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