HAWTHORNE, Justice.
This is an appeal by the State from a judgment of the lower court entering a nolle prosequi as to both defendants. The pertinent facts in this case are as follows:
On September 21, 1951, a bill of information was filed charging these defendants with unlawfully possessing narcotics, a felony denounced by R.S. 40:962. The defendants were arraigned on October 15, 1951, but the case was not fixed for trial until September 30, 1954. On this...
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