Case Name: The State vs. Abraham W. Ford
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1880
Citations: 1 Mann. Unrep. Cas. 179
Docket Number: No. 6783
Parties: The State vs. Abraham W. Ford.
Judges: 
Reporter: Unreported cases heard and determined by the Supreme Court of Louisiana, from January 8, 1877, to April, 1880
Volume: 1
Pages: 179–179

Head Matter:
No. 6783.
The State vs. Abraham W. Ford.
Where prescription is pleaded to a criminal charge, and the indictment negatives th€r plea by expressly stating that the accused had absconded and fled from justice, it it incumbent on him to shew a state of facts which will support his plea.
Appeal from the District Court for Sabine. Pierson, J.
The Attorney-General for the State. Jack and J. F. Smith for Defendant.

Opinion:
Marr, J.,
delivered the opinion, affirming the judgment..