State v. Logan

Statement of the Case.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nicholls, C. J.

On the 8th of December, 1900, an information was filed in the District Court for Claiborne Parish, charging that William Logan and Lee Slaton did, on the 3rd of October, 1900, wilfully and feloniously accuse and threaten to accuse John Richardson of operating and being connected with an illicit and unlawful distillery, and to prosecute and cause to be prosecuted and to subject him to public scandal, ridicule, and unpleasant notoriety, with the intent to extort money, goods and chattels from him, and his father,…