State v. Billot
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twentieth Judicial District Court, Parish of Terrebonne; Hugh M. Wallis, Jr., Judge. , Victor Billot was convicted of killing deer during the closed seasop, but motion in arrest of judgment was sustained, and the State appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBrunot, J.
The accused was indicted by the grand jury for killing a wild deer on the 7th of March, 1923, during the closed season, contrary to the statutes of the state of Louisiana.
He was tried and convicted. A 'motion in arrest of judgment was sustained in the lower court, and tlie state appeals.
There is no bill of exception or assignment of error in the record, and the state has not filed a brief.
The defense is that there is no statute of the state fixing the open or closed season during which wild deer may or may not be killed and that the Legislature cannot delegate to a branch of the executive…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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