State v. Felter
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Peter Felter and others were convicted of gambling within four miles of a high school, and they apply for writs of certiorari and prohibition.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
The defendants, relators, were convicted of gambling within four miles of the Winnfield High School, and were sentenced to serve 60 days’ imprisonment in the parish jail, subject to work on the public roads. The offense is denounced by Act No. 123'of 1908.
The defendants contend that the statute, being a special or local law, violates the provision of article 48 of the Constitution that the General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law concerning any civil or criminal actions; and they contend that the statute is unconstitutional for the further reason that it does not contain the…
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