New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-29
THE COURTS.

In the Fourth District Court tie trials OF
motions and the determination of rules
formed the order of proceedings Yesterday
One OF these consisted in ruling that GER
tain party plaintiff should set up correct
title to stand in the place Of his father be-
fore the suit waged by him could be tried.
Defaults in at least one thousand State
tax suits have been taken in this court. and
on confirmation the delinquent taxpayers
VIII have to pay the taxes welded to addi-
| tiOnai costs.
The suits entered yesterday were three
demands on protested promissory note.
The recent atfiictiou to Judge beaumont
prevented the holding of any session in the
Fifth District Court. A suit for five hun
dred dollars damages has been brought
here. lady having received a ticket to
"A ball given by one Of our fire companies.
handed IN her name to the invitation com
mittee, who refused the invitation on the
! ground that, among others recited in the
petition. that the lady was not proper
person to be admitted to the ball The
! petitioner goes on to say that her charac-
| ter is irreproachable, and that she has, by
| the action of the invitation committee,
| suffered damages placed a. the amount for
| which she brings suit.
The suits entered in TIE Sixth District
Court yesterday consisted of two demands
against the same party on a prOmiSsOry
note. one action on an open account, and
another against a machinist. A State Off
cial ia sued by an employe. who alleges he
was hired as assistant whartinger. but the
defendant failed to pay.
The court was occupied in the trial of a
case in which the ownership Of horse was
brought in question.
The owner of an uptown residence. who
rented it To a tenant for one year. has
brought suit i'll the Seventh District Court.
claiming that as the tenant did not deliver
the keys OF the house at the expiration of
the lease. the lessor is entitled to a months
rent and sundry damages. set at Sl75
The court was occupied yesterday in the
trial OF a suit bv the charter party of the
Right Way against the owners, who set up
that the loss OF the goods shipped was due
to their negligence, whereby the steamer
exploded her boilers.
1Iutiny on the High Seas.
United States VS.. Charles Cummings.
Thomas TuckstOck and Thomas Butler-!n
this case. heretofore reported. the defend
ants We're brought before Commissioner
Weller and committed to the Parish Prison
Yesterday the brother of the injured man
appeared before the commissioner and
stated that Mr.. Woodward was confined to
his room in consequence of his injuries, and
would not be able to come out III less than
a week.
The affidavit on which the prisoners were
arrested was made before n. ID. Wetmore,
twelfth justice of the peace for the parish
OF Plaluemines. on the twenty v-fourth of
November. and is substantially as follows
Austin Miller. master of the American
ship ID. W. Chapman. makes oath that
about four o'clock on the morning of the
twenty-third of November the defendants
did without any reason or provocatiOn. as
sault. beat and kick W. A. Woodward.
mate OF said ship. in a most shameful man
ner: also. assaulted William Murphy. sec
ond mate. and Edward Jones. third mate.
ard Isaac Shumgard. the carpenter. al! of
whom were kicked, beat and abused by the
seamen. who also came aft into the cabin. !
and cursed deponent, calling him out
rageous names. and acting in such man |
ner as to induce him to believe they would |
have assaulted him had he not threatened |
to shoot them. He also made oath that his |
life was in danger.
August Jansen. Henry Hansen, James
Power. Marks Hansen and Carl Mutsen. |
also seamen on said ship. made oath that
the defendants had pillaged the ship. TAX
ing from the other sailors large quantities
of clothing. money. and articles necessary
to the comfort OF sailors on a long voyage
which they concealed III their baggage
The stolen property is now IN possession Of
the United States Marshal,