State v. Mayer
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; Albert Campbell Allen, Judge. Isaac Mayer was convicted of extortion, and appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Defendant, having been convicted of extortion in office, moved that judgment be arrested on the grounds:(1) That Act 57, p. 59, of 1888, under which he was convicted, is unconstitutional, in that it “embraces more than one object and such fact is not embraced in its title.”(2) That said act deprives the convicted defendant of his office of justice of the peace without due process of the law, and is in contravention of article 222 of the Constitution.
The motion being overruled, defendant was sentenced to imprisonment in the parish jail for half an hour and fined…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Ryanes v. GleasonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
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