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STATE v. STRAUGHAN

No. 42575.

87 So.2d 523 (1956)

229 La. 1036

STATE of Louisiana v. James STRAUGHAN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 26, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent Hazleton, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellant.

Fred S. LeBlanc, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ben F. Thompson, Dist. Atty., A. M. D'Angelo, Asst. Dist. Atty., Alexandria, for appellee.

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The accused, James Straughan, having been convicted and sentenced1 on a bill of information charging that he did, within the Parish of Rapides and the jurisdiction of the Ninth Judicial District, and on or about July 22, 1954, "wilfully maliciously and feloniously commit gambling as denounced by Louisiana Revised Statutes, Title 14, Section 90," prosecutes this appeal, relying for the reversal thereof on...

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