State v. Peterman
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany; Thomas Moore Burns, Judge. William and Charles Peterman were charged with willfully cutting and carrying away timber. Charles Peterman was discharged, and from a judgment of conviction, William Peterman appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The defendants were charged on information, under section 1 of Act No. 103, p. 157, of 1902, with willfully and feloniously cutting and carrying away 80 trees on the land of the Poitevent & Favre Lumber Company without the consent of the owner.
Charles Peterman was discharged on a nol. pros. William Peterman was tried and found guilty as charged, and appeals from an alternative sentence of fine or imprisonment.
In this court, the appellant places his sole reliance on a motion in arrest on the ground that Act No. 103, p. 157, of 1902, is unconstitutional. The objection of the counsel for the…
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