Legal Opinion
State v. Walters
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 29, 1914No. 20687Published
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry; B. H. Pavy, Judge. William C. Walters was convicted of kidnapping, and appeals.
1Opinion
On Rehearing.
O’NIELL, J.
The defendant contends, in his motion in arrest of judgment, that the Act 271 of 1010, under which he was convicted of tho crime of kidnapping, violates article 31 of the Constitution of Louisiana, which provides :
“Every law enacted by the General Assembly ¡¡hall embrace but one object, and that shall be expressed in its title.”
Two original sections' of the Revised Statutes of 1870 defined and denounced two different and distinct crimes, neither of which was called kidnapping, viz.:
“Sec. 805. Whoever shall forcibly seize and carry out of this state, or from one part of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- People ex rel. Drake v. MahaneyMichigan Supreme Court · 1865
- Ex parte PollardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1866
- People ex rel. Klokke v. WrightIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Blakemore v. DolanIndiana Supreme Court · 1875
- State v. GasterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1893
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