New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-06-05
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II We were under the impression that we had heard
the last of the case of Aud W. Walton surprising
Che verdict the jury, the Judgment Of the court
and the failure Of the plaintiff to obtain new trial,
saying nothing about the verdict Of people on the
5th November last, would have satisfied the most
\ Intense contestant 1t seems, however, that we
are TO have occasion again to refer to the progress
that may be made in another tribunal, Of this most
summary proceeding ts55
Tie plaintiff, HI. Aud, yesterday morning, took
an appeal to RENE Court, which his Honor
Judge Robertson having in view, al,pays, the right
Of and his duty under the law, to proceed
delay and surnmarily made rehlrnable on
the fourth June instant, requiring the
plaintif to give bond in the exorbtant sum Of one
thousand dollars ~ 3s58 III 3 I'll IN 35E
~ Will be renem hered that the Supreme Court ad
ourns On the fourth Monday of June, or and
fixing the return upon that day Isl equivalent to
making it returnabe for the first Monday Of N oyen
Der next, which is, the object and in
tention Of plaintiff, counsel and judge
Let us see how this eular case has progressed,
and then inquire how Democratic Justice is admins
tered here in this e at all haza u city
81 The sritswas instituted BY Aud about the 18th
Novenber 1855. The answer was filed after the ex-
eeption to the ursdcton Of the courthad been over
ruled earl in December, 1855. The case, after
ruthless attempts on the part of defendant, to
bring il to trial, was finally brought up Oh the It'll
Nay last, and the jury was on that day empanneled,
and the trial begun. The verdict and Judgment in
favor Of defendant were rendered on the Goth MAY
last the gnent signed on the 26th of the same
month, six days after the Judgment was entered.
The appeal was taken on the 4th June, fifteen days
after the verdict and udgent, and made returnable
in time to be too late' for this year and just
in time to allow the plaintiff to prepare for turning
over the Office in November next. Is this the party
that talks 50 loudly and SO pionsly patriotic Of
the purity Of the ballot box IA party which,
when beaten fairly at @ the polls, contests the
election when beaten fairly before partisan court,
with partisan officers surrounding the court and exc
cntng its process and after obtaining the aid Of
shameless partisan Legislature by the passage Of
special laws to effect the final result Of suit after it
has been put at issue again contests by an appeal,
made after Illegal delays, to the Supreme Court {!
How well these things come from the e all hazards +
party .s #
The contested elections, We can tell them as they
will learn later, when the whole history is given to
the world, will cost the Black Recordn and all
hazards party more dearly than any previous thirst
for office, and the cost will not be counted in Lou
isiana exclusively. n party can exist upon fraud;
and the best evidence Of their downfall we can offer
is the result Of last Mondays election when at least
one thousand true spirited men who formerly voted
with the Democracy, turned against them, sickened
at their attempts to retain power e at all hazards
Il may not be generally known, and we therefore
mention it in this connection that the other contested
election cases which were fixed for trial this month
before Judge Robertson have been by him postponed
to the first Monday Of October next One year to try
contested election case and the law says they shall
be tried sttnlasa,fiy What 9 humbug is law in the
hands of an inscriptions and partisan judge By
the way as the Judge is under Indictment for crim-
nal offence punishable BY fine or Imprisonment, what
moral right has he to occupy the tribunal of justice
and pass upon the claims fctzens not charged with
4 offences against the law, much less indicted by
| grand jury Of the Commonwea