State v. Beale

On November 30, 1926, the district attorney of the Nineteenth judicial district filed an information in the district court for the parish of East Baton Rouge, charging- the defendant with having embezzled $214.25 from the Pollack Company, a private corporation, on June 23, 1924. The information also alleged that the accused “did immediately after the commission of said offense flee and abscond from justice and so remained until within one year of the filing of this bill of information,” etc.

Upon the trial of the case, defendant filed a plea of prescription which was referred to the jury.

The…