Town of Ruston v. Perkins
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Mayor’s Court, Town of Ruston; J. L. Bond, Mayor. C. W. Perkins and others were convicted of violation of the ordinance of the town of Ruston, and appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Under its charter the town of Ruston is authorized “to restrain, prohibit and suppress * * * 'games and gambling houses and rooms * * *, and to provide for the punishment of the persons engaged in same.” Act No. 136 of 1898, p. 231, § 15, subd. 26.
Under this power it passed an ordinance prohibiting “all games of chance, lotteries, banking games, raffling, and all other species of gambling,” and providing for the punishment of those found guilty of violating the ordinance.
Under this ordinance the defendants were charged with, and found guilty of, gambling at cards, and sentenced each to a fine…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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