State v. Hunter

Meeeick, 0. J.

“ At the May term, 1858, of the District Court of Lafourche, William Hunter was indicted for assault and battery in and upon the person of one André Mecquet. A true bill having been found by the Grand Jury, and defendant having been called for arraignment, declined pleading to the indictment for the reason that said assault and battery had been compromised, and produced as evidence of this fact a written compromise entered into between Mecquet and defendant, accompanied with the necessary vouchers establishing the payment of all costs.

“ Defendant having, nevertheless, been ruled…