State v. Williams
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans. ■ Roman, J. 1. It is not requisite to charge in the indictment anything more than is necessary to accurately and adequately express the offenee. Whart. Cr.
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APPEAL from the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans. ■ Roman, J. 1. It is not requisite to charge in the indictment anything more than is necessary to accurately and adequately express the offenee. Whart. Cr. PI. and Pr., Sec. 158. Therefore when the crime is charged with certainty and precision, with a complete description of .•such facts as constitute it in the language of the statute, and the accused in bearing -the indictment read, would clearly understand the charge he is called on to answer, and •the court could feel no doubt as to the judgment to be pronounced on…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Podrís, J.
Having been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment ■at bard labor, under tbe charge of an “assault with a dangerous weapon, to-wit: a certain pistol * * with intent then and there 'wilfully, feloniously and of his malice aforethought to kill and mur*373der,” etc., tlie defendant seeks relief by means of a motion in arrest of judgment and a motion for a new trial.
1. The complaint under the motion in arrest is that the information does not charge or describe the particular manner in which the assault was made; whether it was by shooting at or…
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