State v. Thomas

Appellant was convicted of transporting and of selling intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes.

Both cases were fixed for trial at 10 a. m. on May 7, 1925. The defendant and his attorney came into court promptly and were informed by a deputy sheriff that the judge was holding court in another parish and had ordered the trial of these cases postponed until 2 o’clock that day. The defendant had asked the district attorney for a hill of particulars, to be informed (1) whether the whisky alleged to have been sold was corn whisky or some other kind of whisky, (2) where and to whom it was sold,…