State v. Wong Fong

Wong Fong, found guilty of selling cocaine, was sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison at hard labor for an indeterminate term of not less than five nor more than ten years and to pay a fine of $1,000. He moved for a new trial, which by order the court denied. He has appealed from the judgment and the order.

1. The information charges that at a time and place the defendant “committed the crime of selling and disposing of narcotics,” in that he “did then and there willfully, wrongfully, unlawfully, and feloniously sell and dispose of, at retail, certain narcotics, to-wit, one-fourth dr.…