St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-24
CRIMINAL CODE.
Commission Of Judges
Completes It's Task.

Commission Of Judges
Completes Its Task.
The Picayune, Of Feb. Is, says
Yesterday The code commission
appointed BY Gov. Foster completed
,ts labors, and - soon as the result,
has been printed and bousd will be
to The Governor for his
approval, and the copies will then
be distributed BY the Governor &C.
cording TO Law.
Judges Noise, wilkinson and
Thompsou, Who were members d
the commission, were appointed BY
Governor Foster In September,
1898, add In November Of the came
year the commission held it, 6rsi
meeting. The plan Of work WA
out and the work com.
nenced at once, and has continued
ouce asinely until yesterday, when
The entire code WAS finished and
va finally adopted BY the connie
MON. The copies - provided for
By law-250 IN pumber will be
placed in the hands OF Governor
Foster by March 1, and copy will
be by him submitted to each distr,c:
Judge and district attorney In the
itate, and to each member Of the
legislature and such other parties
- he may zee fie
The code - adopted 10 brief,
terse and to the point, al
verbiage having been
- far ~ possible without
detsiment to Law and justice. The
entire work u contained 10 two
pamphlets which, when bound To-
gether, mske = very thick volume.
The method adopted to revise,
reduce and compile this work was
~ follows: Each Judge Vas allot.
ted . certain portion Of work, and
after having carefully revised and
written out bis ideas the same were
Transmitted TO the Secretary OF the
code commission. who would make
four copies, one for each Of the
judges OF the commission, and one
TO b. kept on Ale. Then each one
OF The commission would 60 over
the work Of bic cOnfere and make
such marginal notes. objections,
corrections, Of additions - be might
deem best, and 1t the next meeting
ofths commission they would Be pre-
pared to discuss the work aud ae.
rive ut . conclusion and adopt the
came. The commission held = grea,
many meehngs during the time they
have been working, and agreat deal
Of ground Was gone over. The
codes Of Ill the other states In the
union were referred 70, and Ill thu,
was considered good was inherited
In the code q this state, bat ma
terislly ourtailed - to the use ol
wosde, etc. BY this means the
criminal procedure In the state va
codi6sd, simpli6ed and perfected q
- 70 effect the acquitsal Of the limo
cent and the conviction OF the guilty
Just what changes lave beer
made in the laws b not knowa.. Ard
It would be somewhat difncult "a
make . comparison, owing to ths
fact that Louisiana has not hereto
fore had . code Of criminal ptoce'
dure with which TO compare tht
present work. The penalties fol
infections Of the laws have also
been somewhat changed, In some
instances being modified, while IL
others they have been made more
severe. No set forms for indict'
ments, allldavits ana the thousaut
and one other legal documents ha'
been adopted, except the lndict'
ments BY the grand jury, and THU
has been greatly simpiifed and cur
tailed, being divea.ed OF supesaaoa'
language. In fact, the commission
lhss sought to dispense with every
unnecessary word aud TO avel6 al
ambiguity, thus making the laws x
plain that any person OF ordinar!
intelligence aud understanding vii
be able 70 understand them.
Just how far the new code wi!
meet with the approval Of the legs
Fraternity cannot ~ yet be said, y
the latter will 6rst have to be placed
IN poesess,oe VI copies Of tie worl
in order 10 look over It and form .,
opinion.