New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-03

offenses, ana on the twenty fourth Of No.
vember, 1869, fof the same person the
Grand Jury presented seven indictments be-
fore the said First District Court for the
parish Of Orleans.
In testimony whereof have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal OF our SAID
court, at New Orleans, this twenty fifth day
OF February, 1870.
Respondent offers in evidence a certified
copy of the appointment Of Delassize as
Auditor:
e0fn1AI oooA' W Az. Clerks Office.
New Orleans FEBRUARY Is. ls7o.,
tCopy.]
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department, !
New Orleans. March %, l67O
s%nperintsndsnt Metropolitan Police:
srR-I have this day appointed L. T.
Delassize, auditor OF pnblic accounts, OF the
State Of Louisiana for the time being. Ide.
sire you to accompany Mr.. Delassize and
place him in possession of the office. In
ease resistance is made, you will arrest the
persons resisting and inform me of the fact,
iSigned): H. G. WARMOTH,
Governor of Louisiana.
Marked B, filed April 8, 1869.
(Signed) M.P.JULIAN,
Deputy Clerk.
A true copy:
NJ. P. JULIAN. Deputy Clerk.
James Campbell, witness for the de-
fense, was called and found not present.
TESTIMONY OF SENATOR JOHN RAY.
Senator John Ray was duly sworn by
&he Secretary as a witness for the defense,
and gave his testimony standing In his
seat.
Examination in chief by counsel for re-
spondent:
Question. Were you or not the author
of the Veteran ILL passed for the relief OF
veterans of 1914 and 1915, in 1868?
Answer. Ny recollection is that 1 pre-
pared the original bill as it first passed the
Senate, and that it went to the House and
was there amended by adding the Wild
ows of Veterans; that was the only amend
ment, / believe.
@, When the term CLERK of District
Court of the parish is used, was it your
intention to apply that to the city of New
Orleans
A. As 1 lived in a country parish, my
attention was directed principally to the
country. do not remember, in the pre-
paration of the bill, that thought Of the
city of New Orleans Living in country
parish, my attention, in the preparation of
the bill, was merely to afford relief to GER
tain veterans.
@. In this same bill, in the second sec
ton, where provision is made for the pay
ment of these pensions. was that intended
10 be an appropriation for the veterans?
A. That bill was prepared, as l under
stood it, under one of the articles of the
Constitution, and my intention and belief
was, that the bill made an appropriation
for each veteran-that was my intention.
Question by Manager McMillen:
Would Like to ask Senator Ray whether
your intention in framing any law serves
as an index to the intention ofthe Legis-
lature in passing the law?
A. Ipresume not. speak only for my
TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM MCDUFF.
William McDuff, witness for the de-
tense, was called and duly sworn by the
secretary.
Examination in chief by counsel for re;
spondent.
Question. What position did you hold
in connection with the Metropolitan Po-
lice, in March, 1869, at the time that Nh.
Wickliffe WAS elected from his Office?
Answer. l was Superintendent of the
Police about that time, for four or five
days.
Q. Did you participate in the final ejec-
ton by force, of the Auditor from his
Office?
A. Yes sir.
@. Under whose instructions and direc-
lions?
A. Well, he had been put out of Office,
as learned, and got back again, and l
went to put him out. The first time, was
not there. o.
@. The first time you did not put him
out?
A. did not. 1t was done the first time,
by order Of court, by the sheriff.
r Mr.. Manager Lowell Mr.. Chief Justice,
would enquire. what is the object of this
testimony?
Mr.. Semmes, counsel for respondent:
The object is to meet the charge contained
in one of the articles, that the auditor kept
his Office in such state of confusion, as
to be tantamount to crime We will show
BY whose authority the Office was taken
possession Of, and how long it was kept in
this state of confusion; facts that will be
no doubt interesting.
BIr. Manager Lowell: We have no OBJ
lection.
@. He was put out twice-by whom
was it on the same day?
A. Really do not know; my attention
was called to it by the superintendent OF
police, that he went down there and got him
out, and that he had gotten back again,
and the superintendent was little tender
footed about it.
@. But you were not SO tender-footed
A. Well-he had a leave of absence tc
80 away. / went down and stepped in the
Governors Office, and had a conversation
with him.
O. You went down under instructions
from the Governor?
A. I do not know, particularly sup
pose SO.
@. Was it done in hurry?
A. No, it was done very coolly.
@. Did it take much time?
A. Well asked him to leave, and be
done so-half an hour, suppose.
Q. Do you consider half an hour {
reasonable time to vacate an office?
A. That was all the time he asked
@. There were number of persons
present, when this was done ?
A. Oh, yes sir. ..
@. And some little excitement about it
A. suppose there was, as matter OF
course.
@. Was not this on the very day that
the indictment or information was
filed in the First District Court aoaip al