State v. Allen
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Thomas Fletcher Bell, Judge. Mrs. Lou Allen and another were indicted for sending threatening letters for the purpose of extorting money. From a conviction, Mrs. Allen appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Two bills of information were filed in the district court of Caddo on the 12th day of May, 1911, against Mrs. Lou Allen and her husband, charging them with having sent threatening letters through the United States mail to Mrs. Filiquier, with the purpose of extorting money from her. ■
They were put on their trial on both charges on the second day of July following. She was found guilty, and her husband was acquitted.
From the sentence imposed, and the judgment condemning her to serve five years at hard labor in the penitentiary she appealed.
In the first place, in her defense she filed a…
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