State v. Montgomery
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Charles W. Montgomery and Alex Andrews were convicted of gambling, and apply for writ of prohibition.
1Opinion of the CourtProyosty, J.
The offense alleged against the defendants in this case, that of gambling with dice, is alleged to have been committed within the parish of Franklin, “within 100 yards of the boundary line of the parish of Franklin aforesaid.”
The defendants, before trial and before plea, excepted to the jurisdiction of the court, on the ground that the offense had been committed, if at all, in the parish of Madison, outside of the parish of Franklin; and in the trial of the exception it was ad-' mitted that such was the fact.
Section 988 of the Revised Statutes provides that an offense may be tried by the…
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