Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. John CALLSON, alias Lawrence Henderson
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1924-09-04
Citations: 156 La. 972
Docket Number: No. 26846
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. John CALLSON, alias Lawrence Henderson.
Judges: [Signed] WINSTON OVERTON,
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 156
Pages: 972–973

Head Matter:
(101 South. 360)
No. 26846.
STATE of Louisiana v. John CALLSON, alias Lawrence Henderson.
(Sept. 4, 1924.)
In re application of defendant for writ of habeas corpus to warden of state penitentiary.
Habans & Coleman, of New Orleans, for relator.
Percy Saint, Atty Gen,, and J. Bernard Cocke, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
It appearing from the evidence submitted in this case that relator was born in the city of New Orleans on February 25, 1907, and that the offense with which he was charged was committed on November 15, 1923, and that, therefore, relator was at the time under the age of 17; apd, for the reasons set forth in the case of State v. Malone, 156 La. 617, 100 South. 788, that the criminal district court for the parish of Orleans had not jurisdiction to try and convict said relator:
It is therefore ordered, adjudged, and decreed that all proceedings against relator in the criminal district court for the parish of Orleans be annulled, set aside, and quashed, and that relator be discharged from the custody of the warden of the state penitentiary, subject, however, to any proceedings which may be instituted against him in the juvenile court for the parish of Orleans.
[Signed] WINSTON OVERTON,
[Signed] JOHN ST. PAUL,
[Signed] WYNNE 6. ROGERS,
Associate Justices.