State v. Lasselle

Defendants were indicted and convicted of the crime of operating a lottery; and, as tbe basis of this appeal, rely upon bills of exception to tbe overruling of motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment.

Opinion.

Tbe same grounds were urged in both motions, and we shall consider them together. They are:

1. That Act No. 169 of 1894 applies to tbe operation of a lottery throughout the state, and not to one conducted alone in the parish of Orleans;

2 and 3. That the judgment of conviction was contrary to the law and the evidence; and,

4. That a lottery cannot exist where the game is dependent…