State v. McGarrity
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Third Judicial District Court, Parish of Bienville; John N. Sandlin, Judge. S. C. McGarrity was indicted for murder, and from judgment sustaining his motion to quash the indictment on the ground of former jeopardy and for irregularity in the composition of the grand jury, the State appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
On September 29, 1916, the defendant was indicted in the district court for *439Bienville parish for the murder of one J. S. I-Iowell.
Defendant moved to quash the indictment on the following grounds:
That on October 23,1915, the defendant, on the same state of facts, was indicted for the crime of manslaughter, in the same court; that on November 22, 1915, the said indictment was quashed and set aside, and on the same day, and on the same state of facts', the defendant was charged on information with the crime of manslaughter.
That on February 4, 1916, the defendant was tried and convicted of…
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