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STATE v. MELERINE

No. 44317.

109 So.2d 454 (1959)

236 La. 881

STATE of Louisiana v. Celestine MELERINE and James Licciardl.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 23, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Irvin Dymond, John P. Dowling, Russell J. Schonekas, George W. Reese, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., L. H. Perez, Dist. Atty., L. H. Perez, Jr., 2nd Asst. Dist. Atty, New Orleans, August A. Nobile, Jr., Chalmette, Sp. Counsel, for appellee.

HAMLIN, Justice.

The defendants, Celestine Melerine and James Licciardi, were charged by bill of information with malfeasance in office,1 a crime prohibited by LSA-R.S. 14:134. They were tried, found guilty, and sentenced to serve three months in the parish jail and pay a fine of $500, in default of payment thereof to serve sixty additional days in the parish jail. They have appealed to this...

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