State v. Abrams

It appears from the allegations of relator’s petition applying for writs of certiorari and prohibition, that, in September, 1907, the district attorney for the Sixth judicial district filed an injunction in the district court for the parish of Ouachita, charging relator with having violated Act No. 57 of 1898, known as the “slot machine law,” in that he permitted a minor to play or gamble with a slot machine; that he was arrested under a warrant based upon said information, and was arraigned on the charge made against him; that in October, 1907, he was tried upon and convicted under that…