had indicated dissatisfaction with his appointed attorney. The motion was denied. The accused, through counsel, then moved for a continuance on the same ground, which likewise was denied. Defendant, through counsel, then filed a written motion to recuse the judge on the ground that he had taken part in a plea bargain discussion and knew that, under certain circumstances, defendant was willing to plead guilty. The motion was denied, and the trial began.
The jurors were not sequestered for the night. On the morning of the second day of trial, a two-column newspaper article appeared in the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, reading in part as follows:
"James B. Thompson, III, court-appointed counsel for Austin, also sought before the trial began to have Dist. Judge Donovan W. Parker recuse himself asof Exception No. 5 reads as follows:
"Be it remembered that Billy Raymond Austin, the accused, in the above entitled and numbered prosecution was charged with the crime of armed robbery of Doris Mae Boles. The trial began Tuesday, March 26, 1968 and continued on Wednesday, March 27, 1968. The jury went home the night of the 26th and were not locked up. A two column article concerning the trial was published *15 in the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate Wednesday morning, March 27, 1968, containing among other things a paragraph which read as follows:
"James B. Thompson, III, court appointed counsel for Austin, also sought before the trial began, to have District Judge Donovan W. Parker recuse himself as presiding judge at the trial, alleging that the Judge took part