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· 5/9/1904

State ex rel. Etie v. Foster

Citations

  • 112 La. 746
  • 36 So. 670
  • 1904 La. LEXIS 457

Syllabus

<p>DISORDERLY HOUSE — -INDICTMENT—SUFFICIENCY.</p> <p>1. In framing an indictment under section 908, Rev. St. 1876, whereby it is made an indictable offense to “be guilty of keeping a disorderly tavern or tippling house,” it is not sufficient to charge that the defendant did “in the parish of Iberia, on the 27th day of February, 1904, unlawfully keep a disorderly tavern or tippling house”; the indictment should specify what the disorder consisted in.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>

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  • “[O]ffenses resulting in death do not necessarily require the use of violent force.”

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