State v. Rasberry
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Third Judicial District Court, Parish of Claiborne; Benjamin P. Edwards, Judge. N. J. Rasberry was convicted of intimidating a witness, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Defendant was indicted under section 880 of the Revised Statutes of 1870 for preventing, by threats, force, intimidation, and persuasion, a certain witness from appearing and testifying against him before the grand jury on a charge of retailing spirituous liquor without a license.
Defendant was tried before a jury, found guilty as charged, and sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for two years. He has appealed, and for reversal depends on a motion in arrest of judgment which was overruled in the lower court,
Counsel for defendant, in his brief filed in this court, sets forth two…
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