State v. Taylor

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

The State is the appellant in this case from the ruling of the trial judge refusing to permit the prosecuting officer to amend the indictment by changing the surname of the one injured from Leo to Willis (McDonald). The motion to amend was filed, tried and decided two days prior to the day fixed for trial of the cause.

As to the facts, the District Judge states as part of the bill of exception, that the defendants went into the field of Willis McDon*320aid, where lie and his son Leo McDonald were at work, and that in the presence of the latter and…