State v. Varnado

On Rehearing

FOURNET, Justice.

L. F. Varnado and Charles Blackwell were charged jointly in a bill of information with the offense of gambling under Article 90 of the Louisiana Criminal Code (Act 43 of 1942) and Varnado’s conviction thereunder was affirmed when this case was originally before us, Blackwell’s appeal being dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. We now have the case before us for consideration on Varnado’s application for a re- • hearing.

The principal complaint of the accused was, as pointed out in the majority opinion on the original hearing, the court’s overruling of their motion to…