The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03
THE COURTS LAST.


Court was improving, that she felt
her oats anu was really herself once
more, and then we meant we'll for her
and were only itemizing it as q
healthful sign for the future, but
alas! we wrote too fast and were aw-
fully mistaken in the condition of
our burly Court, and have now to
take it all<back and yet link her
again, hard and fast to her false idols
in ignorance and trickery. A few
words will suffice to convince the
public, that the Court is again at her
old tricks and is yet fred by the old
embers of a degenerate and corrupt
usurpation and that the old stencil
yet sullies her garments.
On last Friday an emuete was
among the on dts of the many In
Town that young man from Match
itoches, of good antecedents and res
pectable parentage was in earnest
search with double barrelled gun,
Of another gentleman from the Mill
tary Post of the same Town, aud in
tended to use that weapon to some
purpose, for an alleged heinous crime
said to have been committed by the
gentleman of the Military Post on
near female relative of the first men
toned young man. That attempt
was made on board the steamer, r.
T. Bryarly at the lower Town Wharf
and was frustrated and prevented on
the spot by some parties present.
At once both parties resorted to the
law for protection, which was per-
fectly right and legitimate. The
young man swore out an arrest, be-
fore Justice Marye, charging the
Military employee with a grave and
heinous offence, which ranks next to
Murder and in turn the young man
was arrested on the affidavit of the
Military one for the attempted as
sault on the boat. These two ar
rests brought the Court to duty, and
on the scene. To cut the matter
short, to purposely avoid names
which at home are respected and
honored, we come to notre mOuton
and record the legal fact that the
Court placed the young man under
peace bond for $500, and the Militia
ry one under an appearance bond for
$500. The Sheriff took charge of
the young man, who at once gave the
required bond, one of our solvent
merchants becoming his surety and
he was released. Then the Court
rang her little bell, raised up her cur
tain and here commenced her last
doings, which are shameless in the
extreme, out of the pale of all law
and in perfect keeping with illegal
and arbitrary acts Of all such num-
skulls, who have been fastened on us
by cheating and corrupt Returning
Board. Here we say came in the
Court with her part of the perform
ance and right well did she play it
from her stand point. After placing
the Military one under bonds for
$1,000, she went to work in his be-
half and took as his security and
bondsman, Captain in the U. S.
Army, then here in transit, not
resident and not good in law for a
single dollar. The prisoner was re-
leased and the Court became happy
suddenly and felt well, but again she
was soon to have another spasm,
which would have halted any other
Judge in Louisiana, but not so with
the Court, she was in for the whole
week and was equal to the dirty mess.
The Captain, who is a gentleman,
both by birth, culture and deport
ment, when the Courts fumes had
waited cold, considered he had no
business and right to be made the
medium of an illegal act and straw
bond, so expressed himself by words
and action and forthwith withdrew
his name from the bond. This
spasmed the Court for the moment,
but she soon broke out in fresh
spot and moved. She sent for one
of our Parish Constables and in dull
Get tones asked him, eff he would not
take charge of the prisoner, and con-
vey him to Natchitoches, as she did
not like to see him go to jail" Pause
here, reader, and study if ever you
heard such request come from a !
District Judge before, in behalf of a
supposed high criminal that he had
just placed under heacy bond for