State v. Matheny

ROGERS, Justice.

C. T. Matheny was indicted by the grand jury of the Parish of Morehouse for permitting his name to be carried as an employee on the pay roll of the State Board of Health, a political corporation, and receiving salary for services not actually rendered.

A plea to the jurisdiction of the district court was filed by defendant and overruled by the trial judge. The defendant, invoking the supervisory powers of this Court, has brought the record here for review of the ruling.

For the purpose of the trial on the plea to the jurisdiction of the court, an agreed statement of facts was…