State v. Kelly
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jackson; Cas Moss, Judge. M. B. Kelly was convicted of resisting and assaulting an officer while attempting to serve and execute a process, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The information charged that the defendant did willfully, feloniously, and maliciously resist, oppose, and assault, beat and wound one J. H. Jones, an officer of the state of Louisiana, to wit, marshal of the town of Jonesboro, while he was attempting to serve and execute the process and order of the mayor’s court of said town, by arresting one Frank Ferguson for cursing and swearing in a public place and near a private house within the town aforesaid, in the presence of the said marshal, and for exposing his person in a public place in said town, in violation of the ordinances of said town.
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