New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-11
MIR. Martel Again.

RN% Tho Proprietor of the Crescent will pay no Bit
contracted by any person attached to the Office without
written order. +94 /
MIR. Martel Again.
On the slst of May last the following para
graph and comments appeared in this paper:
Among the recent tnents Of the President by
and WITH the advice and consent of the Senate, notice
that Of Eugene Marital this State to be Receiver
Public Moneys at opsiousas IN the place Of Henry L
Garland resigned, PLANTERS Banner
VIII the opylousas Courier be good as to inform
or this Eugene Martel be the individual
who convicted of perjury in swearing falsely
aaed the settlement OF uncle of his upon the public
doGtaip, 10 order That the uncle might acquire
presumption right If the appoiptee be identical
with the individual alluded to- the appropriateness of con
filing to him the control of the finances of the LANG
Office will be readily appreciated.
conviction of crime, residence in the Pepten
tary has nooriousy paved the way the confidence o.
the Collector Of Customs IN this city and indeed such
selections for offices Of trust have become almost charac
teristic OF the present Administration.
Mr. Martel replied to this through some Of the
papers in his section Of country. by pronouncing
the statement against him calumnious false
hood, at the same time using terms towards this
paper and its editors which, had they proceeded
from q respectable source, would have been
very offensive. Knowing that what We had
stated in regard to the gentleman was in every
particular strictly true, and that it could be
established by the record of the proceedings, we
at the same time said nothing more about the
matter, but took measures to obtain said record,
from which we learn that Constant Chaehere
addressed a petition to the Register and Re-
ceiver Of the Land Office in Opelousas (the lat
ter being then performing the duties of o Board
of Commissioners of Public Lands,) under an act
of Congress, approved June i, 1910. This act
roy,fc ootco Of swim 10
lands, provided they have actually taken pos
session of them and have resided on them. The
Indictment charges Eugene Martel with having
sworn falsely in behalf of Constant Chachere,
who in his said petition claimed to be allowedt to
purchase the northwest quarter of section No.
ID, in township No. Z, south-range 3, east of the
public lands Of the United States.
Martel testified that ChacherG was house
keeper on said tract of land in the month of
June, $40, and that he was in actual posses
sion of the same Upon the trial of the charge
of perjury against Martel it was clearly proved
thatseosae Of those statements toere true. "a
true bill" was found by the Grand Jury of ST.
Landry on the 25th day of November, IS41
Thomas FL. Lewis, District Attorney. The case
numbers on the Criminal Docket, No. GIT.
The entry on the Court books stands as fol
lows, and is dated in May, 1912, there having
been continuance granted on application OF
defendant:
ssJury retired under the charge of the Sheriff,
GJames JMorgan,) and, after short space OF
time, returned into Court, and on their oath
aforesaid, do say, that the defendant, Eugene
Martel. is guilty in act and form as charged
upon him IN the bill of Indictment and previous
to the rendering of the verdict, the prisoner
ahsented himself and was not present at the
reading Of the same"
The defendant ran away and was gone some
months. If not sehole gear On the 51st OF
May, 1843, his counsel, Messrs Linton, Splane
& Lataste, moved the Court to sc set aside the
verdict and quash the Indictment, because the
Court had no jurisdiction, it belonging to the
United States Courts" On the day previous
Goth May his counsel had filed several bills OF
exceptions, to wit
l. That the verdict was contrary to law
being rendered while defendant was absent.
2. That it was contrary to the evidence
3. That the jury gave its verdict under thu
Illegal influence of the Sheriff. or his deputies
and after illegal communications had passed
between them.
They were overruled after answer fled etc.
The second bill of exceptions, already stated
filed on the 3lst of May, was sustained by tn
court.
Now, the foregoing statements are taken iron
the records. Martel escaped on his counsel
plea against the jurisdiction of the State court
The case is very plain. No one acquante
with the facts ever entertained any doubt abou
his guilt The verdict of his peers will stan
recorded against him for ever There is n
chance for eyading the facts, although Their
was an evasion Of the consequences,
When Mr.. Martel, eager to defend his case
any cost Of truth, denounced us as having pub
lished falsehood, he urged in bis defence onl
the points upon which had been based his bill
OF exceptions. These had been oyerruled by tn
court before which he was tried
We have not deemed the harsh things MI
Martel has said of us an excuse sufficient
justify our bringing this matter again befol
the public; but we consider it extremely prop,
that when grave charges are publicly mac
against gentleman and publicly denied, hin
self and the public should be furnished with IL
proof thereof.
Wear exceedingly rejoioed to announce Thu
cur esteemed friend, w. FL. G. King, has take
upon himself the matrimonial obligation Oh
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