State ex rel. Williams v. Klock

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

Emma Williams has applied to this court for writs of habeas corpus and certiorari, alleging that she was tried upon a charge of grand larceny on the 1st day of February, 1893, in Section A of the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans.

That a verdict of not guilty was rendered; that notwithstanding the verdict and her right to be released, she was recommitted to the parish prison to be again tried upon the same charge of grand larceny, of which she was found “not guilty.”

The sheriff, in his answer, avers that she is in custody under…