Legal Opinion
State v. Brewer
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 15, 1870No. 2854PublishedCited by 11 opinions
APPEAL from the District Court, parish of Tensas. Hough, J.
1Opinion of the CourtHowe, J.
The defendant was indicted in October, 1869, for manslaughter, under the third section of the act of March 15,1855, relative to crimes and offenses.
On the twenty-first of April, 1870, he moved to quash the indictment, on the ground that the statute under which the indictment was found had been repealed, and that this repeal operated his discharge and legislative pardon.”
The motion was overruled; the prisoner pleaded not guilty, and was tried and convicted. He then moved in arrest of judgment, assigning the same reasons as those on which the motion to quash was based.
This motion was denied,…
2Cited by11 opinions
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