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State v. Simpson

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Jan 5, 1925
102 So. 813 (La. 1925)

Opinion

No. 26919.

January 5, 1925.

Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Parish of Bossier; Robert Roberts, Jr., Judge.

Murff Perkins, of Shreveport, for appellant.

Percy Saint, Atty. Gen., R.H. Lee, Dist. Atty., of Minden, and Percy T. Ogden, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Bernard Cocke, of New Orleans, of counsel), for the State.


Appellant was convicted of the offense of having intoxicating liquor in his possession for beverage purposes. It was the whisky that we referred to in the case No. 26920, 102 So. 810, in which appellant was accused of manufacturing the liquor. The cases are otherwise alike and were decided on the same evidence.

Ante, p. 614.

For the reasons given in the case No. 26920, 102 So. 810,fn1 decided today, the conviction in this case is annulled, and the case is ordered remanded for a new trial.

LAND and THOMPSON, JJ., concur in decree.


Summaries of

State v. Simpson

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Jan 5, 1925
102 So. 813 (La. 1925)
Case details for

State v. Simpson

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HENRY SIMPSON

Court:Supreme Court of Louisiana

Date published: Jan 5, 1925

Citations

102 So. 813 (La. 1925)
102 So. 813