Supreme Court of Louisiana February 10, 1896, No. 12,060 (State ex rel. Armstrong v. Judge of the Eighth Judicial District)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

Relator avers that he was convicted of murder and sentenced to be hanged, and thereafter made an application to the *504Board of Pardons for a respite from sentence until his sanity could be inquired into; and, that a respite for that purpose was granted by the Board of Pardons upon the recommendation of the respondent.