State ex rel. Courrege v. Fisher

*46The opinion of the court was delivered by

Blanchard, J.

The relator complains of an order for his incarceration in prison issued by the mayor of the town of New Iberia.

This order is based upon a trial and conviction had before the mayor’s court for a violation of a municipal ordinance.

The ordihance in question is as follows:

“ That it shall be unlawful for the owner, manager or clerk of any saloon or coffee-house within the limits of the town of New Iberia * * * to invite, admit or permit to remain therein any lewd woman or prostitute, for the purpose of drinking, carousing or any other lewd or…