Legal Opinion
State v. Elfer
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 10, 1905No. 15,838PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Application by Matheo Songy and Leopold Songy for writ of mandamus to Judge J. L. Gaudet to compel him to take an affidavit of relators charging Maurice Elfer and others with murder.
1Opinion of the CourtNicholls, J.
Matheo Songy and Leopold Songy, applicants for the writ of mandamus, allege in their petition (which they verify by affidavit):
“That on the 24th day of September, 1905; at Frellsen Station, in the parish of St. Charles, in this state, and within the jurisdiction of the Twenty-Eighth judicial district court of this state, _ at the hour of about 5:30 p. m., one Maurice Elfer, one Octave Elfer, one André Elfer and one Ffank Lebceuf, all four maliciously conniving in the intent to commit the crime of murder, did willfully, feloniously, and with malice aforethought, kill and murder one Albert…
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