State v. Damico

ECHEZABAL, Judge.

The defendant, Charles Damico, was charged by information with gambling, in violation of Article 90 of the Louisiana Criminal Code. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to pay a fine of four hundred dollars and costs, and in default of the payment of the fine to serve ninety days in the parish prison; and in addition thereto to serve one year in the parish jail. The court suspended the unconditional sentence. From this conviction and sentence, the accused has appealed to this court for relief, and has based his complaints on several bills of exceptions, the first of which…