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STATE v. SMITH

No. 39546.

45 So.2d 617 (1950)

216 La. 1041

STATE v. SMITH.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 20, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Williams, John Makar, Patrick C. Murphy, G. F. Thomas, Jr., Julian E. Bailes, Natchitoches, for defendant-appellant.

Bolivar E. Kemp, Jr., Attorney General, M. E. Culligan, Ass't Attorney General, H. L. Hughes, District Attorney, Natchitoches, for appellee.

PONDER, Justice.

The defendant was indicted, tried and convicted for the crime of murder and sentenced to be electrocuted. He has appealed from the conviction and sentence.

From our examination of the fifty-two bills of exceptions presented on this appeal, we find that many of them are without merit. However, some of them have given us grave concern.

Bill of exception No. 6 was taken to the statement of the...

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