State v. Martin

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

The relatrix, Mrs. Idella Payne, was one of three companions of the defendant who is named in the title of this case. The four defendants were charged in a bill of information with committing a trespass, in violation of Section 822 of the Revised Statutes of 1870, as amended by Act No. 162 of 1910. A severance being granted, Mrs. Payne alone was tried; and she was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of $10 and costs, or, in default of payment thereof, to be imprisoned in the parish jail for 10 days. Having no right to appeal from so small a sentence, Mrs. Payne…