State v. Richardson

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Relator, J. A. Richardson, charged with the crime of gambling denounced by Article 90 of the Louisiana Criminal Code, LSA-R.S. 14:90, was tried in the lower court, adjudged guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs, and, in default of payment of. fine and costs, was sentenced to the parish jail for a period of 10 days. The defendant applied to this court for writs, which were granted, and the case is now before us under our supervisory jurisdiction.

There, are several bills of exception in the record. We need to consider, however, only those under which the…