Ascension County Louisiana Archives News.....Murder Cases Tried in District Court - September 23, 1882 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mary K. Creamer marykcreamer.00@gmail.com February 8, 2023, 11:31 pm Source: The Donaldsonville Chief. (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, September 23, 1882, Page 3 Three murder cases have been tried in our District Court this week, with the following result: Nannie Scott, drowning her baby in a well, acquitted; Geo. Watson, shooting his wife, Rhoda, convicted without capital punishment and sentenced to the penitentiary for life; Gustave Paul, stabbing his wife, convicted and sentenced to death. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ascension/newspapers/murderca718gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb