State v. Ashworth

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 mother of the accused to sit by counsel and assist him in tbe trial of tlie case.

The denial of the request was based on a rule of the…