Case Name: STATE v. LEPPERT. In re LEPPERT
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1916-10-30
Citations: 140 La. 314
Docket Number: No. 22222
Parties: STATE v. LEPPERT. In re LEPPERT.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 140
Pages: 313–315

Head Matter:
(72 South. 979)
No. 22222.
STATE v. LEPPERT. In re LEPPERT.
(Oct. 30, 1916.)
W. J. Leppert was accused of crime, and appeals for writs of certiorari and prohibition.
Peremptory writ of prohibition ordered, and defendant discharged.
A. V. Coco, Atty. Gen., and H. H. Kilbourne, Dist. Atty., of Clinton (Yernon A. Coco, or Marksville, and Charles Kilbourne, of Clinton, of counsel), for the State. Gustave Lemle and Benjamin T. Waldo, both of New Orleans, and George H. Woodside, of St. Franeisville, for defendant. John R. Hunter, Dist. Atty., of Alexandria, amicus eurise.

Opinion:
O'NIELL, J.
The facts of this case are stated fully in the opinion rendered this day in the case of State v. Daniel D. Moore (No. 22221), 72 South. 965, in re. Daniel D. Moore applying for writs of certiorari and prohibition.
For the reasons assigned in that case, it is ordered that the rule issued herein be made absolute, that a peremptory writ of prohibition issue heroin,-directed to the judge of the Twenty-Fourth judicial district court, in and for the parish of East Feliciana, prohibiting further proceedings in the prosecutions complained of, and that the defendant, Leppert, be discharged.
Ante, p. 281.