State v. Robinson

The relator was arrested and haled before the night recorder’s court of the city of New Orleans on a charge of violating the ordinance against gambling on any sidewalk. The relator was- tried, convicted, and sentenced to pay a fine of $30 or, in default thereof, to imprisonment for 30 days in the parish prison.

Whereupon the relator applied to the criminal district court for the parish of Orleans for a writ of habeas corpus, on the ground that the municipal council of the city of New Orleans was without power to create said night recorder’s court, or to elect a rec,order to preside over the…