State v. West

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

The defendant, charged with “horse stealing,” was in-dieted on the 8th day of March, 1901. The indictment sets forth that the offense was committed on the 12th day of May, 1898. It contains the usual averments made in order to negative prescription.

The defendant, just prior to going to trial, by way of motion to quash interposed a plea of prescription, on- the ground that more than twelve months had elapsed from the date the asserted crime was alleged to have been committed to the date that the indictment was filed. The motion to quash was…