New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-23

| the passage OF SAID act NO. rs, ana Ghat
| three other bonds were disposed of under
March 5, 1869, which bonds should also
have been Cancelled aud destroyed, and
were il law SO Cancelled and destroyed
! March 2S, 1867. That none of the bonds
! out on pledge were redeemed, cancelled and
destroyed as required by act No. ll6 ap-
proved March %, 1867, SO far as relates to
! the form of cancellation, but in violation of
said act were pretended to have been
| sold. or suffered to be sold, as follows:
| 1873 bonds held by Smith, Newman Is
| Co. on the eleventh of March, 1868,
for S37 ,959 20; the 332 bonds held by Pike,
Lape yere q Brother on the twenty-seventh
July, 1868, for $l29, ,631 80; the eighty five
bonds redeemed from the Citizens Bank,
three redeemed from the Canal Bank, and
three never ont on pledge on March %, 1869,
by the Treasurer Of the State. pretending
to act under authority Of act No. %, ap-
| proved March 5, 1868, with $50, 800 past due
coupons for $74, les; the go bonds pledged
to Smith, Newman e. Co. on June 5, 1868,
Tor $64,3O0; the ffty-seven bonds pledged
to the Canal Bank on August %, 1868, for
$4,000, and lS7 bonds were sold by the
Board OF Public Works and the State Treas
urer under the pretended authority Of act
No l23, approved March l6, 1869, for el25,-
5l3 SO, making a total receipt from the
poHs attached, of S46l ,559 39y and not for a
sufficient amount to pay the interest on the
loans and the interest on the bonds at that
time already paid by the State, and all this
in defiance Of the law ordering their cancel
lation and destruction, and with ample
means in the hands OF the officers Of the
State having custody Of tho same as pre-
vided by laws passed the same day on
which the bonds were ordered TO be de-
strOyed. That all of said bonds except the
1873 pledged to Abot & Generes, the 332 to
Pike, Lapeyre & Brother, and seventy five
to the Citizens Bank, namely, 460 bonds
were either in the hands of the Treasurer at
the time of the passage of the act, No. I16
OF 1867 or were subsequently redeemed 20
come into his possession free from pledge
and should have been by him and the Au-
dltor, and were in contemplation of law
Cancelled and destroyed, and are in no
ways n law OF good morals binding On the
State.
Wherefore, the premises considered, petit
tioner prays that Charles Clinton, Auditor,
and Antoine. Dubuclet, Treasurer, bs in
Joined from warrsnting for, enjoying any OF
the bonds or the interest coupons thereto
attached, issued by virtue Of act No. 25, ap-
proved December %, 1865, and that after
due proceedings this injunction be made
perpetual and TOR all general and equitable
relief.
And the court ordered the injunction 20
issue as prayed for.
First District Court.
State VI. Charles and Mary Burgess
Rape, etc. After hard days work the
following gentlemen were selected to COM
pose the jury: B. L. Brown. Charles Eos
ter, j. Newman, Louis Mestier, Ant. Sbisa,
C. Tiblier. j. j. Monette, E. Curley, w. E.
Ocean, Ernest Guillott. ). J. N. Smith,
Denis Foucher.
The prosecution first called Dr.. Cooper
who testified somewhat as follows: 4 por-
ton OF his testimony is not published His
first examination Of Louisa Dunning was
not thorough; it would have been necessary
to use chloroform: the child's wrists and
ankles were excOriated, as if cords had been
around them; part of her hair was gone.
as if it had been torn oHt; the parts we're
much inhamed; there was no conclusive
evidence of penetration; in the opinion of
the witness, the crime had been committed;
the child was able to talk intelligently.
The child was produced in court, and the |
bruises and loss of hair shown.
The court adjourned with DR.. Cooper |
atili Oh the stand.
Fourth Distpics COurs. |
David Fisher VS.. William Bogei-Peti- |
hon alleges that October ) plaintiff went |
nto the drug store of defendant 10 obtain |
: lass of soda, and rendered the price there |
)f, and vas refused the soda solely on ac- !
count of his color. Wherefore he prays for |
damages in the amount Of $500. |