State v. Palanque
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans; Joshua G. Baker, Judge. S. Palanque, Jr., and two others were charged with violating the election laws, and from an order sustaining a demurrer to the indictment, the State appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
Defendants were charged by indictment with having, as commissioners of election, made false returns of the result of the votes cast upon a proposed amendment to the Constitution, which was submitted to the people at an election held on November 5, 1912, and, their demurrer to the indictment, on the ground that it charges no offense known to the law, having been sustained, the state has brought the matter before this court by' appeal.
The prosecution is thought to be authorized by various provisions of law, constitutional and statutory, taken together; the argument on behalf of the state being,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. WiltbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1820
- State v. BreffeihlSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
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- State ex rel. Cassidy v. BakerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
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