State v. Maloney
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Thomas Fletcher Bell, Judge. A. E. Maloney was convicted of operating a pool room, and appeals.
1Opinion
On Rehearing.
LAND, J.
The pleadings and issues involved in this controversy have been so fully stated in the original opinion of this court that repetition would be useless.
The Attorney General conceded in argument that the motion in arrest properly raised the question of the validity of the statute. We will consider the case from that point of view.
The gist-of defendant’s objection is that the terms of the statute are so vague “as to mean everything in general and nothing in particular.” It is argued that the term “pool room” is generic, embracing many different kinds, none of which are…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- City of Shreveport v. MaloneySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
- City of Shreveport v. SchulsingerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
- People v. WeithoffMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
- Ames v. KirbySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1904