State v. Frances

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Bermudez, C. J.

Tlie defendant was prosecuted for shooting- with intent to commit murder. He was convicted of shooting at with intent to commit murder and sentenced to six months at hard labor. . On appeal he complains that:

1.The indictment is fatally defective and cannot sustain a conviction, as it does not contain the indictable words of the Statute.

2.That the jury were misled by the charge of the trial judge, who instructed them that they could return a verdict either under section 791 or section 792 of the Revised Statutes.

3.That the verdict is not…