New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-03
A. I am q physician.


A. am physician.
Q. Are you well acquainted in the
parish?
A. Yes, sir.
| @. Do you know Mr.. R. w. Francis,
who testified to-day?
| A. Yes, do.
Q. Do you know his general reputation
in the parish; is it good or bad9
A. Not very good, sir.
| @. From the reputation he has in the
parish, would you believe him under
oath?
A. l might, under favorable circum-
stances.
@. What do you mean by favorable cir
cumstances ?
| A. If l knew it to be the truth myself !;
but could not believe him, if he was in
terested himself.
Cross examined by the Managers:
Q. Why wonld you not believe him
under oath?
A. Well, that is all I can tell You. do
not know why, except from his general
| reputation, and from various transactions.
@, Is he a friend ofyours?
A. Not particularly.
Q. Did Won ever have personal diff
Guilty v it'll him
A. Not mucn; it was in the settlement
Of an account.
@. Is that the reason which induced
| you not to believe him under oath?
A. No; because the settlement l had
with him could be explained in some
other way.
@. Captain Francis is not liked very
much in the parish?
| A. No.
@. Is that on account of his political
opinions?
A. No, it is his actions and conduct that
has caused it.
Q. Do you and Captain Francis belong
to the same political party?
A.No, sir.
Q. What political party does Captain
Francis belong to?
A. 1 believe he is Republican.
@. He publishes arepuplican paper?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Is this not contrary to the wishes of
the people in the parish?
A. What do you mean by the people
Q. The planters
A. If you mean the planters, then, they
do not care about having it published.
Re-examined by counsel for respon-
dent.
Q. But if they had Republican paper,
would they not like to have it published
by q man of truth ?
A. Yes, to have the truth stated, as it
was, they would like to have that done;
they have no objection to have the truth
published.
Cross-examined by the managers:
@. Have you any personal prejudice
or ill-will against this man !?
A. think, may be, may have.
| @. Are you personally friendly to
him?
A. Not much SO.
Q. Do you speak to him when you
meet him ?
A. Yes, frequently, but there has bee n
time when / did not.
@. You are hostile to each other?
| A. No, there is no hostility between
US.
@. Do you speak to each other?
A. Yes, I speak to him.
Q. Hare you ever known him to swear
falsely before court of justice!
The managers object to testimony as to
any particular fact in this respect.
@. Did you ever take down any bill OF
poster put up by Captain Francis?
A. Yes, Sir, one.
Q. In what capacity were you acting
then?
| A. I was Mayor of the town.
Q. What induced you to do that?
! A. was Mayor of the town, and it was
posted on the public building, and sim
ply took it down, because it disfgured it.
Q. What remark did you make when you
COX it down?
| A. do not know.
Q. Did you not say that you did moi
want any Yankee humbug about there?
( A. do not remember having said so.
| TESTIMONY OF TOBIAS GIBSON.
I Tobias Gibson, witness for the defense
was called and duly sworn by the Secre-
tary.
Examination in chief by counsel for re.
spondent.
Question. You reside in the parish Of
Terrebonne?
Answer. Yes, sir.
| @. What is your business or occupation!
| A. An attorney-at-law.
@. How long have you resided in the
parish?
A. Since my birth
@. Do you know Captain r. W. Fran
els?
A.. Yes, sir.
! @. Do you know his general reputation
in the parish of Terrebonne? Is it good
or bad!
A. AS far as am able to understand, it
is bad.
Q. Would you believe him under oath!
A. No, sir, I would not, unless he was
personally interested.
Cross examined by the managers:
| O. Then you would believe him if be
was interested?
A. Not if it was against his interest.
! @. You say you would not believe him
unless he was personally interested
A. If it was for his advantage to swear
to anything, ! think he would then swear
in his own behalf.
! Q. What induces this opinion?
| A. From his conduct toward me.
| Q. He is not personal friend, then, Of
yours?
A. am Indifferent to such persons.
@. What was the difficulty between
you?
A. 1t was in a case of license in Sep.
TENDER, where he received the money tt
get the license for me. He proposed tC
get the license anti-dated. 1t was when
first began to practice law; did not know
at the time that l had to have q license,
and, few days after I commenced tc
practice, had to appear in court. Cap.
tain Francis proposed to me to get the
license for NE and to have it anti.dated.
accepted the proposition, inasmuch as thu
| Judge of the Court told me that Francis