State v. Flandry

The defendants in this case are charged with having conducted a barroom in New Orleans on January 1, 1909, within 300 feet of a church and of a school, measuring the distances from the nearest points between the buildings, respectively, all in violation of the provisions of Act No. 176, p. 236, of 1908. They demurred to the charge on the grounds (1) that the bill of information sets forth no offense known to the law; (2) that it wrongfully construes section 8, act No. 176, p. 240, of 1908, to be retrospective in its effects and operation; (3) that the act in question is unconstitutional, in…