City of Monroe v. Hardy

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McEnery, J.

The defendant was convicted for playing within the limits of the city of Monroe a gambling game called “craps.”

*1233The State of Louisiana, by Act No-. 7 of 1882, prohibits the playing of this game, and affixes a penalty for violating the same.

The defendant, because of this State statute, contends that the Recorder’s Oourt of said city, before which he was convicted, had no jurisdiction to try the case, and that the city ordinance prohibiting the playing of the game of craps is null and void, being in contravention of the Constitution of the…