State v. Stephen

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nicholas, C. J.

The defendant, sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor in the State penitentiary under Sec. 833 of the Revised Statutes, has appealed.

The indictment charges him with having for the purpose of obtaining money and with intent to defraud Felix Patout, the owner of the Hope plantation, feloniously, falsely and corruptly altered a certain plantation ticket, which plantation ticket so falsely altered he presented' to Felix Patout, well knowing the same to be falsely altered.

The indictment describes with some particularity the plantation ticket…