State v. Hood
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Livingston; Robert S. Ellis, Judge. W. D. Hood was indicted for threatening a witness. From an order quashing the indictment, the State appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtNicholls, J.
The defendant was by indictment charged with having on the 20th of April, 1909, in the parish of Livingston, within the jurisdiction of the Twenty-Fifth judicial district court of the state of Louisiana for the parish of Livingston, willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously, by threats or intimidation, attempted to prevent D. H. Easley, a witness in a criminal case of State of Louisiana v. D. H. Hood, charged with carrying a concealed weapon on or about his person.
Defendant moved to quash the indictment on the grounds: (1) That the said indictment is ambiguous, and does not distinctly charge any…
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