New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-27
THE COURTS.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.

The Supreme Court met yesterday morn
ing at eleven o'clock but nothing of any
importance was done. 1t will be in session
again to-day, when, it is understood, a con-
siderable number of opinions will be de-
livered. The session of the Supreme Court
will close ON the thirty-frst instant Next
month the Supreme Court will hold SEES
sion in Opelousas of about a weeks dura-
ton, and in August in Monroe, for about
one month.
Eighth DISTRICT Court.
Matters in this court wore a dull aspect
yesterday morning. Nothing of Importance
transpired, and similar state of affairs
prevailed in the several other district
courts.
Sixth District Court.
Patrick Clarke was brought before this
court, on writ of habeas corpus taken by
his counsel. - Clarke, in his petition, asserts
that he is illegally deprived of his liberty
and confined in the Parish Prison, without
warrant of law, by order of Recorder Camp
bell, and that although copy of the mitti-
mus has been applied for 1t has been re-
fused. Furthermore, he AYERS that said
recorder has no right to deprive him of
trial by jury and of bail. He represents
that he was arrested under the pretext of
having kept six fine, large, fat hogs" in an
inclosed square of the Sixth District, and
has been sentenced to be confined in the
Parish Prison for the period of ten days.
The application was refused by Judge
Cooley, on the ground that in accordance
with an ordinance passed by the Common
Council. no person is permitted to keep
hogs within the pound limits of the city, in
default of fine or Imprisonment, at the dis
erection of the recorder
Commissioner weTIer's Court.
A. c. Stuart, inspector of United States
customs, made an affidavit charging Jose
Planalla with smuggling eight boxes cigars
and fifteen cartoons cigarettes which were
found in his possession. Accused was ar
rested and gave bonds to answer before the
United States Circuit Court The Snug
gled goods were recovered by means of a
search warrant directed against premises
no gre at distance from jackson Square.
John Clarke, mate of the steamer Red
Cloud, was arrested on warrant issued
upon the affidavit made by Aaron Hall,
one of the crew of the boat, charging
Clarke with assault and battery. The ac-
cused gave bond to appear and answer be-
fore the United States Court. ...
Hugh Cassidy was arrested on charge
of selling cigars out of unstamped boxes,
in violation of law. Two witnesses were
examined, and the accused gave bail to
appear before the United States Circuit
Court.
Peter Petersen, Olo Hemmingsen, J. E.
OLSEN and I'll. Swenson were arrested on a
charge of deserving from the Swedish bark
Suez, and, in default of security, were
committed TO prison.
United States Circuit Court.
In the case of A. Miltenberger VS.. S. NJ.
Perkins, for reasons orally assigned, it was
ordered that the rule taken by the plaintiff,
on the first instant, be made absolute, and
that the order made on the twenty-fourth
of April be set aside, reserving defendants
right to take a rule, suppHrted by proper
affidavit as to the materiality calling for
the production of specific papers in posses
sion of the plaintiff. 1t is further ordered
that the order made on twenty-ninth April,
to take the testimony of S. NJ. Per
kins, under a commission, be maintained,
and that the order made on the same day
to take the testimony of Mrs. S. H. Rush
ing and others, also under commission, be
revoked