City of New Orleans v. Williams
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fourth Recorder’s Court (Night Court) of City of New Orleans; Joseph Batt, Judge. Sam Williams, alias Onion, was convicted of violating an ordinance of the City of New Orleans, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The defendant was prosecuted under certain city ordinances relative to disturbing the peace, using obscene language, and resisting arrest.
The defendant demurred on the ground that section 15 of ordinance No. 1 Commission Council Series, defining the territorial jurisdiction of the court below, and fixing the time and hours of holding its sessions, is illegal, null, void, and unconstitutional for various' and sundry reasons. The demurrer was overruled, and the defendant was tried, convicted, and sentenced to pay a fine of $25, or in default thereof to serve 30 days in the parish prison.…
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