Supreme Court of Louisiana July 1, 1895, No. 11,740 (State v. Breeden)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McEnery, J.

The defendants were indicted under Sec. 6 of Act No. 8, extra session, 1870, tried and convicted.

They filed a motion in arrest of judgment, alleging “ that Act 8 of 1870, under which the indictment was framed, and under which they were convicted, is unconstitutional, contrary to and violative of Articles 114, 116 of the Constitution of 1868,