STATE v. FERGUSON

No. 44340.

108 So.2d 520 (1959)

236 La. 589

STATE of Louisiana v. J. L. FERGUSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied February 16, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Makar, Natchitoches, for defendant-relator.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sam L. Wells, Dist. Atty., Colfax, for plaintiff-appellee.


HAMITER, Justice.

A bill of indictment filed in this cause charged that "* * * J. L. Ferguson, the deputy Registrar of Voters for Winn Parish, Louisiana, did go to unusual places under the pretence of affording an opportunity to voters to register to vote, * * *." (Italics ours.)

After trial the district judge found the named defendant guilty as charged, overruled his motion in arrest of judgment, and sentenced him to serve ninety days in jail (thirty...

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