The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-06-19
4 SENSATION IN COURT.
Three Lawyers Finei---Two Imprisoned.

J. l.. lIunSicker, deceased, curator of
the succession of j. II. Wisner, assassi.
mated in the year 1870, came up i'll the
Parish Court, at the present term, before
Hon. Robert Ray, Judge Baker being
recuscu.
The merits of the opposition appear
to be based mainly upon alleged forge
ries in signing Wisner's name to certain
vouchers rendered by Hunsickcr, dc.
ceased.
In conducting the examination OF one
of the witnesses as to the genuinencss
of some of the vouchers, Farmer and
Morrison rendered I bill of exceptions.
II. G. Cobb, ESD, who was represent
ing the opposition, arose and made in
quiry as to what had been the ruling of
the Judge, and stated that, had some
Of the grounds, upon which the bill
was predicated. been included in the
examination of the witness, other legal
objections would have been offered.
Judge Ray seems to have made
rule in the early forenoon that neither
attorney should interrupt the other,
upon penalty of one hundred dollars
fine.
When Mr.. Cobb propounded his in
quiry, Judge Ray ordered him to sit
down, and refused to answer Mr. Cobb's
question. The question was repeated,
whereupon Judge Ray fined Mr.. Cobb
one hundred dollars, which amount
was promptly handed to Sheriff Dink-
grave by Mr.. Cobb.
This being Il judicial matter-NEr.
Cobb having taken preliminary steps
to have Judge Rays ruling inquired
into-We i'orbear commenting upon His
Honor's acts; but it is doing only JUS
tice to Mr.. Cobb, to say, that, from dis
interested parties in Court at the time
we have learned that Judge Ray could
have enforced his rule concerning in
tefruptions, at least twice previously,
Farmer being the offender, and that he
did not enforce it.
Before filming Mr.. Cobb, Judge Ray
reprimanded both Cobb and Farmer,
using very strong language, to the
effect that the bar OF Monroe had been
diSgraced. Farmer seems to have taken
the Judges rebuilc to heart. Address
ing the Judge, he said, 81 am sorry
your Honor made the remark YOU
did.' Farther uttcrtnce appeared to
fail Farmer, ana he sat down, drawing
out his handl>"rchicf, and, il is said by
spectators, that he wcpt!
Next day, Judge Ray RENTED one
half the fine imposed uron Cobb, not
being authorized, he said, to assess II
fine Of more than fifty dollars. Mir.
Cobb refused TO accept The excess, hay
ing taken steps to bring the action Of
Judge Kay before the supreme Court.
drew from the ease, Judge Ray having
refused 20 have Cuhb'S bill of exceptions
filed and Mr.. Guuhy took the man
agcmcnt of the suit for Kennedy.
In the further course of the trial,
while Mr.. NIcaly was on the witness;
stand, Farmer asked the witness n
question, to which Col. Richardson,
also i'll the case, objected. While Rich
arlson was on the floor, GunhN spoke
to him in the way Of q suggestion, in a
low tone, when Farmer addressed
Gunby in 4 manner which induced the
latter to ask the Court for its Irotcc-
ton. Farmer, in an undcrtonc, charg-
ed Gunby with stating Il fai5ehoou,
when the latter, saying to Farmer,
"iou lie" seized IEcnnen's Digest, and
was about to launch the pondcrous
volume at Farmer, when the Sheriff
interferred and stopped further hostile
movements. Judge Ray warmed up
at the scene, and ordered the two attor-
neys to Jail for u hours and fined them
$50 each. Both went to Jail, taking
separate apartments, Wash Johnson
saying, it is the "Besticando'.