STATE v. LAWRENCE

No. 40790.

60 So.2d 464 (1952)

221 La. 861

STATE v. LAWRENCE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

July 3, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Stanley, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Fred S. LeBlanc, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Severn T. Darden, Dist. Atty., George J. Gulotta, Executive Asst. Dist. Atty. and Matthew Braniff, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.


HAMITER, Justice.

A bill of information signed by the Assistant District Attorney for the Parish of Orleans charged that on the 27th day of June, 1951 Adam Lawrence, the defendant herein, "did wilfully and unlawfully possess and have under his control a narcotic drug, to-wit: six (6) capsules of heroin, a compound, derivative, mixture and preparation obtained from opium * * *." On the back of the information there was placed an endorsement, among others, as follows...

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