Spraul v. Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States
This was a motion for a rule on J. Y. Guilotte, mayor of the city of New Orleans, and Henry Larcjue, lessee of the public markets of New Orleans, to show cause why they should not be punished for a contempt of the supersedeas in this case. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
This motion is denied. The plaintiffs in error were proceeded against in the name of the State of Louisiana before the recorder of the first recorder’s court of the city of New Orleans for an alleged violation of an ordinance of that city. The judgment of the recorder’s court does not appear in the printed record, but the case was taken by appeal to the Supreme Court of the State, and in' the opinion of that court it is stated that the appeal was by the defendants “from judgments rendered against them for the payment of a fine, and in default of payment sentencing them to imprisonment for the…
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