STATE v. GAINES

No. 41290.

66 So.2d 618 (1953)

223 La. 711

STATE v. GAINES et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

July 3, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Dowling, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Fred S. LeBlanc, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Severn T. Darden, Dist. Atty., and Howard J. Taylor, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.


HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Appellants, Walter Gaines and John Gaines, were charged in a bill of information with the unlawful possession of narcotic drugs, to-wit, six tablets of codeine and four tablets of morphine, tried before a jury, adjudged guilty, and sentenced to a term of 10 years' imprisonment in the state penitentiary. From these convictions and sentences they have appealed.

Several bills of exception were taken during the trial, but all of these have...

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