State v. Noble
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of Washington; Prentiss B. Carter, Judge. Wilber Noble was convicted of violating the “age of consent” law, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSt. Paul, J.
On September 14, 1922, defendant was charged with having, on August 20th, violated the “age of consent” law (Act 84 of 1908, p. 103), the penalty wherefore is imprisonment “with or without hard labor, not exceeding five years.”
On November 7th of the following year (1923) he was tried and found guilty as charged, with recommendation by the jury that the court be “as lenient as possible.”
On November 9th he was sentenced to bo imprisoned in the state penitentiary for not less than ong nor more than two years.
This appeal brings up two bills of exception, as follows:
Bill of Exception No. 1.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. BarretSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. ArnandezSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1930
- State v. BlackSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
- State v. RevereSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943