State v. Brown
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Fourth District Court, Parish of Jackson. Bridger, J. 1. The title of a law repealing certain sections of the Revised Statutes adequately expresses the objects of tbe law when it designates the numbers of the sections repealed. State vs. Garrett, 29 Ann. 637; State ex rol.
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APPEAL from the Fourth District Court, Parish of Jackson. Bridger, J. 1. The title of a law repealing certain sections of the Revised Statutes adequately expresses the objects of tbe law when it designates the numbers of the sections repealed. State vs. Garrett, 29 Ann. 637; State ex rol. Hills vs. Barrow? 30 Ann. 659. By parity of reasoning the title of law amending and re-enacting a section of the Revised Statute adequately expresses the object of the law when it designates the numbers of the sections amended and re-enacted. 2. The object of the Constitution providing that an act shall…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Poché, J.
Defendant, being charged with retailing spirituous liquors without previously obtaining a license therefor, moved to quash the indictment on the grounds:
*7731. That ¿let 83 of 1886, under which she had been indicted, was unconstitutional.
2. That the act was without effect in Jackson parish, where the deed had been committed, for the reason that no license to retail spirituous liquors could be there obtained.
3. That the indictment was vague and indefinite for its failure to specify the names of the person or persons to whom she was alleged to have…
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