State v. Brown

PONDER, Justice.

The relator, Bill Brown, who was convicted of the crime of gambling and sentenced to serve thirty days in jail, applied to this Court for writs, a rule was issued and the matter is now submitted for deterinination.

The sole question presented is whether there was any evidence adduced to éstablish the crime of gambling under the provisions of LSA-R.S. 14:90.

While this Court cannot pass on the sufficiency'of proof in a criminal case where there is evidence to sustain the conviction, yet it can and will determine whether there is any evidence of a fact essential to a conviction.…