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A Brief History of the Orleans Criminal District Court: 1846

1846

No. 43.]                    AN ACT
To organize District Courts in the parish and city of New Orleans.

No. 69.]                    AN ACT
To divide the State into Judicial Districts.

No. 81.]                     AN ACT
Relative to the election of Clerks for the District Courts of the parish and City of New Orleans.

No. 88.]                    AN ACT
To define the duties and determine the powers, emoluments and fees of the Clerks of the District Courts established in the parish and city of New Orleans.

No. 91.]                     AN ACT
To regulate the appointment of Judges of the District Courts.

No. 96.]                    AN ACT
To provide for carrying into effect the Judiciary System.

No. 109.]                   AN ACT
To define the qualifications of Jurors

No. 124.]                   AN ACT
To provide for the support of the State.

No. 132.]                   AN ACT
To provide for a change of venue in civil and criminal cases in pursuance of article one  hundred and fifteen of the Constitution.

No. 139.]                    AN ACT
Authorising juries to qualify their verdict in capital cases, and restricting punishment upon a qualified verdict at hard labor for life in the State Penitentiary.

TITLE IV.
JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.

1846 Act 43

1846 Act 69

1846 Act 81

1846 Act 88

1846 Act 91

1846 Act 96

1846 Act 109

1846 Act 124

1846 Act 132

1846 Act 139

1845 Constitution