State ex rel. Hart v. Judge of First District Court
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Application by the state, on the relation of H. S. Hart, for writ of mandamus to the judge of the First District court.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Relator, H. S. Hart, appealed to the district court from a judgment of the city court of the city of Shreveport finding him guilty as charged, and condemning him to pay the sum of $1,000 or to work two years on the public roads as a penalty on the charge of having sent an insulting letter to Miss - (whose name is'omitted) in violation of Act No. 118, p. 181, St. 1888, which makes the slandering and defaming of persons of good “repute without a probable cause” a misdemeanor.
The court, under this statute, condemned the relator, Hart, in default of payment of this fine, to work on the public…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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