Legal Opinion

State v. Broussard

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 9, 1913No. 19,937PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Thos. F. Bell, Judge. J. M. Broussard was convicted of violating the Vagrancy Act (Laws 1912, No. 226), and appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.

Defendant was convicted, under Act No. 226, of 1912, of being a male person, without visible means of support, who is feloniously living with a prostitute, and was sentenced to imprisonment for six months. He has made no appearancé in this court, in person or by counsel, and the only bill of exception that we find in the transcript is one reading, in part, as follows:

“Be it remembered that * * * the defendant * * * filed a motion for new trial *. * * on the ground that the verdict of the jury * * * was contrary to the law and the evidence, in that the state failed to'prove that the party with…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. People v. MeravigliaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1925
  2. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
  3. State v. RothSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953

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