STATE v. FORSYTH

No. 42560.

86 So.2d 536 (1956)

229 La. 690

STATE of Louisiana v. Lucius FORSYTH.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 26, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chandler C. Luzenberg, Jr., Girard J. Fernandez, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Fred S. LeBlanc, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leon D. Hubert, Jr., Dist. Atty., Adrian G. Duplantier, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Edward A. Haggerty, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.


McCALEB, Justice.

Appellant and another were charged, tried and convicted of gambling as defined by R.S. 14:90 in that they conducted a lottery as a business. Following imposition of a sentence to serve 7 months in the Parish Prison and pay a fine of $500, appellant took this appeal, relying on eight bills of exceptions for a reversal of his conviction.

Bill No. 1, which was taken to the refusal of the judge to grant a continuance of the case on account of...

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