State v. Hayes

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

From a sentence condemning him to be imprisoned in the State penitentiary for a period of one year for bigamy, the defendant appeals. The grounds upon which he seeks to have the verdict and sentence reversed are that the information describes no offence known to the criminal statutes of Louisiana; that statute 93 of 1898 is void, because, in drafting the bill denouncing bigamy, no attempt was made to define that offence. In the alternative, the defendant urges, if the statute 93 of 1898 be held valid, then that the indictment is invalid and…