State v. Menard
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal irom Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Martin; James D. Simon, Judge. Homer Menard was convicted of cutting with a dangerous weapon with intent to commit murder, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBaker, J.
Appellant was convicted of the crime of cutting with a dangerous weapon, with intent to commit murder.
The record contains several bills of exceptions, but they have all been abandoned, being without merit, except one. That one was reserved to the overruling of a motion in arrest of judgment. The motion was founded upon the fact that the indictment did not charge that the offense was committed “with malice aforethought” or “of his malice aforethought.”
The crime referred to is denounced by section 791 of the Revised Statutes, as amended by Act 43 of 1890, p. 37, viz.:
“Whoever shall shoot, stab,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- State v. HopkinsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1899
- State v. ForneySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1872
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1885
- State v. BradfordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1881
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