The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-10
THE COURT AGAIN.

least in one we feel convinced is good
and righteous, but like Davy Crock
EFT make sure we arc right and then
go ahead. 1t is no news to our peo.
pie that amid all the ills which we
have inherited from the frauds of
the Cheating Board, which has been
a forced legacy, the District Judge
which yet fingers on US is almost the
only one left, and he seems to be try
ing to act for all his clan and pile
the agony on US, and we are not dis
posed to halt on him as he staggers
towards the close of his Infamous Ca
reer, but must yet draw the lines on
him, which he richly merits and for
ces on us.
Last week we CLEANED together
some of the features of "his last
which we characterized in no Aatter-
ing term and now have only to re-
peat what we then wrote anu endorse
it as all true and not word
written amiss. And to grope it to-
gether in the form of plain ques-
tion what think our people, what
think the people of Natchitoches, OF
the Hon. John Orsborn, the District
Judge of Rapides, Grant and Vernon,
after illegally binding prisoner for
$500, knowing he had nojurisdiction
in the case, descending from his
Bench and then turning the feed shy
ster Of that prisoner, procuring straw
bail for him, that he might be re-
leased and escape? What think they
of that same Judge after his bond
victim quickly released himself, and
the prisoner falling into the hands of
our Sheriff, was placed in Jail, there
to be kept safely till taken away to
Natchitoches, in clue course of law,
by the authorities Of that. Parish,
hunted up a chum of his, fixed up
the job of release, gave him the Or
der for the prisoner, to take him to
Natchitoches, and then, as per con-
tract with John Orsborn, crossed him
over the river, wrong direction to
go to Natchitoches, turned him loose
and received his pay therefor? These
are all facts which the Court cannot
deny and for which there is no de
fence, and only stamp firmer the be-
lief of our people, that besides, being
an ignoramus, he reeks all over with
corruption, is unfit to longer act as
Judge for this District and should at
once resign!
And surely we would not have
soiled our sheet this issue again,
with the District Judge and his lille.
gal acts and wanton wrongs, but that
before half of our readers had read
of his last, he had again dipped his
ermine into another ess-pool of
wrong, peculation and injustice, I'M
worthy decent man and unbecom-
ing Judge. This is our excuse for
again touching his Honor so soon,
which we follow up with another act
in another one act drama. We have
not time, nor inclination to itemize
his last, but simply give it in brief
for the foreign market, for here at
home it has been the all absorbing
topic three days of last week till the
sudden departure of the Court from
the scene of his villainies. From the
Town Talk, backed by good authori-
ties and the documents, it too plain
ly appears that the Court has been
acting as the special and feed Coun-
sellor Of Plaintiff in a matter of
doubtful virtue, counselled the Plain
tiff for consideration to ask for
such orders as he needed and he, the
Court, would grant them. These Or
ders were illegal, out of the Courts
jurisdiction, he knowing it at the
time, still he lent himself to the job
and acted his part we'll and faithfully
as in the other matter last week, and
carried the point for his Plaintiff
friend and chum. This is not the
first time that he has thus acted for
that friend, for here again he has re-
peated as in certain case against
the Corporation ofAlexandria. Now
we briefly ask, are this people Of ours
always going to submit to these
things, and permit the Court to much
longer strut around here in his robes
Of infamies, without some efforts to
bring him to justice and halt him in
his career-he laughs at us as he
acts, and acts the bad man and bad
Judge, as he laughs-and yet we
still bear it, and even next month.
he will complacently linger in his
disgrace on the Bench and Bar of Ra-