Criminal Justice Matters:  Lee Smart, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  Inquest Book A, Office of the Clerk of Court, Winn Parish Courthouse,
Winnfield, LA.


Inquest of Lee Smart

State of Louisiana
Parish of Winn

At an inquest taken this second day of December, 1935, for the State of
Louisiana, at Winnfield, Louisiana, in the Parish of aforesaid, before me, J.
F. Faith, Coroner of said Parish, for the purpose of determining when, where,
how and after what manner, one Lee Smart, came to his death, upon the oagh of
J. M. Gwin, W. Pool, J. C. Higgs, George H. Harrison, and J. A. Jordan, who
having been first duly sworn, do say:

That the said Lee Smart came to his death in the Parish of Winn, on the 1st
day of December, 1935, as a result of a wound, which appeared to have been
made by a twenty-two (22) caliber rifle, entering the left side just above the
clavicle and the exit was over the right clavicle, severing the common carotid
artery, causing almost instant death; that the gun was fired by one Sylvester
Rogers; that from the evidence produced before this jury, they find that no
blame attaches to the acts of the said Sylvester Rogers, and they therefore
recommend that the said party not be bound over to the Grand Jury.

In Witness Whereof, We, the said Jurors, as well as the Coroner aforesaid have
hereunto signed our names on this 2nd day of December, 1935.

J. M. Gwin                                              Witnesses:  Louis
Sholars
W. Pool                                                                        
Harry Fuller 
J. C. Higgs
Geo. H. Harrison
J. A. Jordan

Dr. J. F. Faith, Coroner

Filed December 9th, 1935 and Recorded December 10th, 1935