State v. Bonner

FOURNET, Justice.

John Bonner was tried, convicted, and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and to serve thirty days in jail on a charge, by affidavit, before the City Court of Ruston, Louisiana, of having sold “ * * * spirituous liquors within five miles of the Louisiana Industrial Institute, now Louisiana Polytechnic Institute * * * in violation of Act No. 74 of 1898.” His conviction and sentence were affirmed on appeal by the District Court for the Parish of Lincoln and the case is now before us for review on a writ of certiorari granted on defendant’s application.

The defendant also asked for…