
    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.
   Marr, J.,

delivered the opinion, affirming the judgment..  