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A Brief History of the Orleans Criminal District Court: 1874

1874

No. 10.]                    AN ACT
Relative to crimes and offenses; to declare the sale of illegal lottery tickets or the drawing of any illegal lottery a misdemeanor, and to provide for the punishment of the same, and to regulate the evidence to be received upon the trial of such offenses.

No. 69.]                    AN ACT
To abolish fees of Jurors in the city of New Orleans, in Criminal and Coroners Cases.

No. 73.]                    AN ACT
To prohibit the unlawful employment of sailors at work upon the levees or banks of the rivers in this State, and to punish violations of this act.

No. 124.]                    AN ACT
Creating a Superior Criminal Court for the parish of Orleans; defining the jurisdiction thereof ; providing for a judge and clerk for the same, and defining their duties and powers; restricting and regulating the jurisdiction of the First District Court for the parish of Orleans; providing for jury commissioners, and the manner of drawing and selecting grand and petit jurors for the civil and criminal courts, and for the detaining of witnesses in criminal cases in said parish; defining the crime and punishment of grand and petty larceny in this State, and providing for the place of holding the sessions of the court, and for the recusation, or absence, or inability to act of the judge.

1874 Act 10

1874 Act 69

1874 Act 73

1874 Act 124