The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-25
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session at the Court House, in this city. on
yesterday Monday mcrning) The 10Th
Judge WIN. D. RoprRIsor, Presiding -
The Grand Jury was impanneled aad
sworn. The Judge in his charge to the
Grand Jury said that it was tlei, duty
60 report to him, all parties known TO
them, az having contrary to law, bet on
The recent election The Petit Jury was
impannellej and disc hatged. until Thurs
day morning next, at 10 o'clock
Justice WALaFp's Cou,t IN The second
municipality, was the scene Of Intense es-
c,seuens on Saturday morning last n
complaint having been logged with him rs
CONSERVATION of the public peace, by Mrs
Il, the lady proprieIress Of Har.
per's H,staSant, under the Hill. The
charge wasSSf very grave and ser'nus
nature--I II does moi turn cut to be
capital offence aud to the effect that T..
Esq, had on Saturday night. previous, the
nth INST entered the Restaurant aiore-
saiJ Al about The nth hon, ol he night
ah,bn his efforts to get out (pf his mistake
no doubf| went Into the hcudoir, nt The
Ia " aforesaid. ard then and there used
language 10 her (she being awake) alike
unheeomiug 10 him "a gentleman. and
disrespeetiu TO the lady aio'ess'd--'hat
she hade him depart IN peace, which he
resoutely refused 10 do, whsraupon she ran
to the front gallery Of The house and cried
" Fire WITCH frightened The aforesaid
r. -, ESD. ana he vanished under
cover Of darkness. O
Madam made charge Of assault with
evident intention AZ battery. 8. $. HALL,
Esq. retained lor Plaintiff, J. W Josts
Esq, for observation-disclosures Walters
large and airy court crowded --son,e
twenty witnesses sllnmond-- all sworn
and testified TO as much Of the truth as
was known 10 then,---testlmony on both
sides closed. Counsellor Hall, opened the
pleedings in an eloquent speech o a half
hours duration. in which he dwet partlc-
ulsrly on the vl.tuousness OF virtue refer.
ring il his speech. to the following u'ho,-
lilies Hookers Nst F,tus," The New
Liquor Law" Va teme,e and Gulse'.
" Code Of Practice "Vatel's Law Of Ma
tions,"" plutarch's Lives, OFlato's Cor
giaa" also Moreau Lislet and Phillips
newly bound digest Of Laws" After this
oil hands looled upon it as a hard CASE
Mr.. JoneR, rose-4~ Jones was brief in the
deIence--Ea,d he could not say much will,
out 'nvalidatlng the testimony Of the pm
cipa withess---was in no humor TO speak
AM would therefore submit the question
The result was, that 7. J Esq was firm
ly bound over IN The sum Of two hundred
dollars with tu,'ty 10 keep he peace, and
to appear before the sixGl District Court,
to an wer. O
REMOVAL or The SHEn1rrs OrrlcE.
Tho Sheriff yesterday, moved his office
GSsom the narrow contracted little room
in the Court House. to large ,a,d
commodious room in the East wing
Of Ithe Pari-h Jail. whcre-ei'her Mr.
Babin himself, or one Of his Deputies
may be found, anytime during buHirGCH.
hours. The present court house. Is
getting to be entirely too small for
she business Of tho Pari,S, were not
lhe Parish $50 much in debt new one
should be built. The jul. comes up
to the wants Of tho times in size.
70 Dslinquents, owing Taxes. will
not offend Mr.. Babin by calling at h
Office to settle.
W-There was meeting called for
Monday night, at the Capitol to Or
ganize young men's Lycenm. A
good move. Could one Of tho Many
unoccupicd rooms in that building be
hal as a place Of resort for our young
men, who desire to study, and improve
their minds BY debate ind disc's Sion
We make no doubt. that n call on our
citizens for books to stock library
for them would be promptly respond