State v. Fleckinger
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Prosecution of Mark Fleckinger and Bessie Johnson for operating a lottery. Application by the State, on the relation of R. H. Marr, District Attorney, for writs of certi-orari to review an order requiring the State to return to Bessie Johnson property to he used as evidence in prosecution of her and Fleckinger, and to prohibit delivery of such property.
1Opinion of the Court
OVÉRTON, J.
This is an application for a writ of certiorari to review a ruling of Hon. Richard A. Dowling, one of the judges of the criminal district court for the parish of Orleans, ordering the state to return to Bessie Johnson, one of the defendants, certain property seized by police officers in her home without a search warrant, and delivered to the state, as lottery paraphernalia, and as evidence to be used against Bessie Johnson and her codefendant, Mark Fleck-inger, in support of a charge made against them for operating a lottery, and for having lottery paraphernalia in their…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State ex rel. Hoffman v. Judge of Division B, Civil Dist. CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1921
- Howcott v. Ruddock Orleans Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
- Jones v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1921