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STATE v. BROWN

No. 44241.

108 So.2d 233 (1959)

236 La. 562

STATE of Louisiana v. James BROWN and Lucille Aymond.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 12, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold J. Brouillette, Maxwell J. Bordelon, Marksville, for defendants-appellants.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles A. Riddle, Jr., Dist. Atty., Marksville, for plaintiff-appellee.

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Defendants James Brown and Lucille Aymond were charged in a bill of indictment with the crime of miscegenation "in that they did habitually cohabit with each other, he being of the Negro race and she being of the White race, they having knowledge of their difference in race". They were tried jointly, convicted, and sentenced to serve one year in the state penitentiary. Both have appealed.

The statute under which appellants were charged...

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