State v. Williams

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Defendant, Joseph A. Williams, having been found guilty of violating Article 120 of the Louisiana Criminal Code, Act 43 of 1942, which denounces the offense of corrupt influencing, is appealing to this court from his conviction and sentence to serve one year in the parish prison.

It is to be observed that the indictment in this case is drawn in the identical language of the indictment in the case of State v. Williams, 211 La. 782, 30 So.2d 834, except for the name of the prosecuting witness and the date on which the offense was .committed. The material portion of the…