The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-11
A BARREL.HOUSE CASE.
The Proprietor Sues for $4,000
Damages.

In the Fifth District Court John Gueydar
has filed petition through his attorneys, d.
M. c. Hughes and E. g. Kelley, against GER
tain parties who endeavored to abate his
coffeehou as a nuisance. The petition set
forth
That on or about the 18th day of August
last past, Z. ID. Terrebonne, A. Irepagnler,
o. Menard, Y. Il. Lemonier, NJ D., John Le-
moner, b. Rlnet Ct. A. Lanaux, +. e. Ber-
nard, T.. s. Lanaux, Pierre Lanaux, ID.
Lanaux, A. Waltz, p. Gallot, Gross u Will
hams, commercial firm doing business at -
Cont street, in this city, and composed OF
Gross 81 Williams, James w. Price, Jos.
Christen, H. johnson, John l.. Monier, Carl
Fisher, j. Ssgassie, A. Rauscet, JOS. Mizzie
Louis Surle & Co, commercial
firm doing business at No. Is Cont
street, in this city, and composed OF
of Louis Surle and Pierre Rozier and Henry
Porcheron Moses Mayer, Leon Medal, FL.
Solomon, r. Beer, f. Goargues, z. Case, J.
Antiques and Henry Tremoulet, all living IN
this city, drew up, signed and presented q
certain libelous petition to the honorable the
Common Council of the city of New Orleans,
in which petition it was represented that the
building occupied by petitioner, and wherein
he carries on his business, situated at the
corner of Cont and Peters streets, in this city,
sis occupied by parties keeping what Is
commonly called O barrel-house, frequented
by drunken negroes, who make the neigh
borhood unteDable by the noise, fighting,
swearing and use of obscene language, which
they continually carry on, forcing our families
to keep within doors and deprlying them OF
the use of their balconies, and depreciating
the value of their proper les" ana further
asking and demanding that petitioners bust
ness at the place aforesaid should be sup
pressed, which petition was referred by the
City Council to the police authorities OF this
city. Petitioner further represents that the
parties aforenamed did by said libelous petit
tion, and also by sanderous representations
made to the police authorities of this city,
particularly to one Sergeant John IL. Moore,
In connection with the aforesaid petition,
cause an aft iavit to be made against Pc
titioner by said Sergeant John H. Moore,
charging petitioner as the keeper of barrel
house, corner of Peters and Cont streets, in
this city, with willfully and maliciously vio-
lating section 908 of the Revised Statutes OF
this State by keeping disorderly house, con-
trary to law, which affidavit was made before
Eug Staes, Judge of the Second Municipal
Court of this city, on the 28th day of August
1875, and on which affidavit petitioner was
arrested at $50 o'clock p. NJ. the same day
and incarcerated in the Third Precinct Police
Jail of this city, and there detained as
prisoner; further. that he was compelled to
furnish bond and surety for his appearance
for trial on said charge, and that on the trial
thereof, to-wit: on the 7th of September,
1875. said charge against petitioner was dis.
missed as unfounded.
Petitioner further represents that he carries
on at the place aforesaid, legitimate and
duly licensed business to-wit that Of q retailer
of liquors and other refreshments, and con-
ducts the same in strict conformity 20 law and
the police regulations of this city, and that his
customers, though poor laboring men, are
honest and well-behaved citizens, and not dis
reputable and dIsorderly characters as repre-
scented in the aforesaid petition. and that his
said business is not nuisance to the neigh
borhood as therein represented.
He asks for judgment Of ten thousand
dollars.