City of Lake Charles v. Gross

Relator and one Joe Allen were charged in the city court of Lake Charles with having operated a gambling joint. They were tried in that court, and found guilty. Each was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and in default of paying the fine to 30 days in the city jail. Both defendants appealed to the district court, where they were tried de novo, found guilty, and the sentence appealed from affirmed as to Allen, but increased as to Gross so as to condemn him not only to pay the finé imposed by the city court, but in addition thereto to be imprisoned for 30 days.

Gross, after exhausting his recourse…