State v. Sonier

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Monroe, J.

The defendant appeals from a conviction and sentence under an indictment which charges that "he did, with a dangerous *795weapon, to-wit, a knife, strike, thrust, cut and stab one Solomon Botley with intent, him, the said Solomon Botley, then and there; 10 kill and slay, contrary to the form of the statute of the State of Louisiana,” etc. He relies upon a motion in arrest of judgment in which it is alleged that the indictment “describes no offence known to the law, or punishable under any of the statutes of the State of Louisiana. * * * That it…