State v. Foster

Citations

• 8 La. Ann. 290

Syllabus

<p>The plea of autrefois eoiwiet is a special plea in bar of the prosecution pending; and in order to plead the same with effect, the crime must be the same for which the defendant was before convicted, and the conviction must have been lawful upon a sufficient indictment.</p> <p>Where the indictment alleges that the prisoner had fled from justice, the proclamation of the Governor offering a reward for his apprehension, was admissible in evidence to sustain the allegation. Where the portal stroke is given in this State, but the death occurs in the State of Mississippi, the crime maybe prosecuted in the parish where the mortal stroke was given.</p> <p>When the wound was inflicted on board of a vessel in Lake Borgne, but moored to a wharf in the parish of St. Bernard, the Courts of that parish can entertain jurisdiction over the offender.</p>