State v. Hunter

Citations

• 114 La. 939
• 38 So. 686
• 1905 La. LEXIS 572

Syllabus

<p>SUPREME COURT — JURISDICTION IN CRIMINAL CASES — HOW DETERMINED.</p> <p>1. Where a defendant was convicted of violating a “labor contract,” and was sentenced to pay a fine of $10 or to imprisonment for six days in the parish jail, held, that the Supreme Court is without jurisdiction, although the constitutionality of the statute under which defendant was prosecuted was questioned by him on the trial below.</p> <p>2. The criminal appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court is measured by the punishment which may be or is actually imposed, and not by the nature of the question of law that may be involved, save in cases where the constitutionality or legality of a fine, forfeiture, or penalty imposed by a municipal corporation is in contestation.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>