Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-09-16
Public Meeting Of ~ Members Of
the Bar, and 00eers Of the
District Ceart Of Dossier Par.
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Al Q meeting Of the members O
tho bar. and officers Of the court. OF
motion. Captain L. NJ. Mutt wa,
called to the chair. and Hon. II. A
Drew and Robert j. Looney. Esq.
wsr. appointed secretaries.
On motion. j. II. Fitzpatrick, Dis
,ric. Attorney. explained the object
of the meeting.
On motion Of the Hon. L. T. Land.
committee Of Eve were appointed
10 -mbody, in writing. n statemen,
Of facts. and present auch resolu.
,ious rs they in their discretion may
deem proper anG necessary.
Whrr-u;on. :he chairman appoint
I'd on sait. romfniii--. Colonel Geo
Williamson. Hon. 4. T. Land. Col.
Il. W. Turner, Captain l.. d. Wat.
kine. and L. ". Fort. Esq.
After retiring for elaboration, said
committee reported the following
adopted by the meeting unanimously:
Whereas. a, term Of the Dis
tric, Cour, Of tn. 10th Judicial Dis.
trio, of the State Of Louisiana. begun
and holden on the 4,h day of Sept,
A. II. 1865. at the town Of Bellevue,
in snid parish. til. Grand Jury of
the parish aforesaid. found aud pre-
scented 70 the Court a bill OF indict.
men., in due form Of Law, agains,
John. free man Of color, for the
crime of larceny, to-wi,, koree steal
ins-aud the said John having been
brought into the Court for arraisn.
m-nt, on the 7,h day Of September.
and the Cour. having first appointed
counsel learned in the law, TO assist
the said John in making his defence:
and whereas. the said JOHN having
been arraigued. and. after consulta-
ton with his counsel, pleaded quo,
guilty." and elected to be tiled " &
jury; and whereas, after the trial Of
tn. said John in accordance with oil
the forms of law guaranteed by the
law in this State, in cases OF free
white p.rsous rs we'll as free colorcd
persons, and III. said John having
been found guilty of larceny, to-wi,:
horse stealing. by the verdic, Of
good and legal men duly empanclIcd
to try the said John-and after the.
laid verdict was duly returned into
the Court. and the Judge having
fret asked the prisoner John whether
he had anything TO say i'll his d.
fence. and he, thu said John. having
nothing 20 say. the Judge proceeded
70 sentence him to be sen, ~ the
81,
be confined Il, hard labor for one
wear, as punishment, for the crime
Of larceny. to-wi,: horse stealing
Of which he had been convicted in
accordance with the Law. in such
cases mad and provided in the trial
of the crime of larceny.
Aud whereas. On the sth day of
said month of September, when the
Hon. Jane. l. Wec1ns. Judg. Of the
district Cour, of the 10Th Judicial
District, WAS about to hav. the Court
opened for the transaction of bust
u.ss, his Honor aud the Sheriff o.
said parish We're arrested by order OF
Captain Charles Berry, Provost Mar
shall e Fr--dmcn's Bureau for the
parish of Booster; and whereas, hi-
Honor :he said Jane. /. Wc-tns. il
now a prisoner under bond for his
appearance on the 9Th inst, for hav.
ing tried the said man John; aud
whereas. section VII. Of circular
No. 5, issued from the Bureau of
Refugees. Freedmen, and Abandoned
Lands" dated May 30,h. 1865. and
approved by Pr.-idrn, Johnson on
the I'd of July, 1865. has no appli-
cation 20 the State Of Louisiana. tor
thu following reasons:
lst Because Their. is no Iut.rrup.
ton o. civil law in said State.
2d B.caus. the local courts have
no old or new code. or laws in force,
which max. a legal distinction be.
tween ,hr fire.. white man and the
tr,. colnrcd man, either III the trial
o. c:,i! u. criminal Causes, or III the
reception OF testimony.
And whereas, The said Hon. JAS.
l. Wrems charged tho Grand Jury,
and notified the officers OF the Court,
and the members OF the bar, that by
the Constitution and laws Of IOulsl-
ana, pr. q. rs heretofore held to srrvi.
,ud. as slaves. were free, and amen.
able to punishment for crimes AS ii
white persons, aud were competent
witnesses in all causes as IT free
white persons; aud whereas. the said
Captain Berry has announced to the
Hon. James |. Weems his intention
70 arrest all the petit, jurors who were
-mpauelled to try the said man John,
aud found him guilty of the crime
OF larceny. to-wit: horse stealing:
therefore, be it
Resolved. That the Hon James I.
Wcems has not been guilty of any
intrac,iou of any law. or order. guar
an,eeiug freedom to the colored per
sons OF this State. or of any act i'll
the trial, conviction or sentence of