News: ARNOLD, JOHN Acquitted Submitted by: Peggy Hale Date Submitted: July 19, 2006 Source: The South-Western ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** 1868/03/18 - Acquitted: Mr. John Arnold, who was indicted by the grand jury of this parish for the murder of Capt. Rufus E. Sewell, in this city, in December last, was tried at the late term of the district court for the parish of DeSoto. Judge James I. Weems, presiding, on a change of venue, and acquitted. [The South-Western, Shreveport, Louisiana, March 18, 1868]