The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-05
A CELEBRATED CASE.
The Arrest of Gen. Andrew Jack
son for Contempt Of Court.
A Record of the Proceedings.


Louisiana who are not m ore or less acquainte
with the great case of the United States "
, Gen. Jackson for contempt of court in 49,
The caseis still cited by the lawyers as shoV
ing the supremacy of the judicial branch {
the Fe leral Government over its militar
arm. As q pleasant reminder we would ca
Gen. Sheridan's attention to the action of OIL
Hickory in the case folio wing.
i We have taken all the proceedings from tn
records now in the United States Distric
Court
| MINUTES MARCH 20, 1916.
Mote by the Clerk
The session of this court, which was to hav
been held on Tuesday, 7th March, by ad
journment from Saturday the 4th, did no
take place in consequence of the arrest O
Hon. Dominick A. Hall on Sunday, the 5th
Jackson, Major General commanding the
Seventh Military District of the United States
It appears one Louis Louallier had been
imprisoned at the barracks by the orders Of
Gen. jackson and a writ of habeas corpus had
been applied for before Judge D. A. Hall,
Of the United States District Court for the
District of Louisiana. Service of the writ
had been made and its authority disregarded.
Gen. Jackson caused the arrest of Judge Hall
on the charge of aiding and abetting mutiny
in his camp by seeking to release prisoner.
The following from the record tells the whole
story
SPECIAL Court, WEDNESDAY, MARCH %, 1915.
United States vs. Major Gen. Andrew Jackson
No. 79l.
The Court met according to adjournment;
present, the Hon. Dominick A. Hal.
On this day the dispositions OF P. L. B. Du-
plessis, Matthew Arbuckle, P. L. Morel, Peter
V. Ogden, w. 0. Winston, Richard Claiborne
and Louis Louallier were taken and sworn to
in open court, except Richard Claibornes,
which was sworn to on the 21st inst.
DEPosiTIoNoF CLAIBORNE.
Louallier vs. Andrew Jackson, Commanding Gen.
eral of the Seventh Military District.
In this case, on Sunday, the 5th of March,
1916, the Hon. Dominick A. Hall gave an
order on the original petition of Loualiier in
the following words, to wit: Let the prayer
Of the petition be granted and the petitioner
be brought before me at IL o'clock to- morrow
morning." dating the said order the 9Th of the
month. I apprehended that mistake was
made in the date, and waited on the Judge
Dr.. Flood was sitting with him.
Upon my suggesting the mistake to the
judge, he changed the figure into the
figure 5.
In the evening of the said 9Th. about
o'clock, I noticed party Of soldiers with
arms, marching briskly in the street near the
French Coffeehouse, and heard afterwards that
Judge Hall was arrested and was confined in
the Barracks, to which place 1 went imme-
diately to see the Judge, but was refused ad-
as it was past o'clock. On my
return to my lodgings, stepped into the
American Coffeehouse, whore I met with
Major Chotan, one OF Gen. Jackson's aids,
who told me he had some business with me. I
invited him to go to my room, which he did.
DR.. Flood and Mr.. Duncan were present, and
on my invitation went with us. When in my
room, which I think was near II o'clock, |
Major Chotan showed me written paper (but
which did not ready which he said was an
order from the General, requiring me to give
up the original order Of the Judge as atore-
said. As well as I recollect 1 told
Major Chotan that there was an order
Of Judge Halls court that the clerk
should deliver no original papers
out of the Office, but that had the order in |
my pocket, and would go with him myself |
to the General, which proposal was accepted,
and we went together. Mr.. P. L. B. Duples- |
sis went with us. l believe we got to the Gen. |
erals about IL o'clock. The General showed |
me q letter he had received from Mr.. Morel, |
the counsel of Mr.. Louallier, informing him |
the GENERALLY that q writ of habeas corpus had |
issued in the case of Louallier. I told the |
General that the writ had not issued. He |
asked me for the reason. l answered, be- |
cause the marshal had told me he would not |
serve it on the Sabbath, and that it baing re- |
turnable at II o'clock on Monday, 1 thought |
it would be time enough to issue it in the |
The General asked me if intended |
TO issue it. l said that it was my duty to |
DO SO, and that it would ISSUE At this the |
General handed me a printed paper, which,
be said, was his general order, and observed |
hat the order would show me he would do
his duty also. The General asked me for the |
original order of Judge Hall before men,
Toned. 1t was written on the back of Mr.. |
Louallier's petition, and handed the General
he paper.
The General read the order, and also the |
affidavit of Mr.. Morel, which was at the foot |
If the petition, and observed to me that the |
lates of both the order and affidavit had been |
altered, and asked what was all this juggling |
about? 1 assured him there was no juggle, |
md that the reason of an alteration in the |
iates was as / have stated above.
The General mentioned to me he would |
zeep the papers in his own possession.
observed to him that there was an order of
court that no original paper should be de-
ivered out of the office. The General said |
le would keep it under his own responsibility;
hat it should be safely preserved, and that he
would give me a certified copy of it, which |
le did During the time was with the Gene
al, COL Butler, Gen. Gaines, Mr.. Duplessis,
md other gentlemen were present The writ
lid issue as is stated above, and was left by
ne at the marshals house about halfpast
70 o'clock, but he informed me afterwards
hat he did not receive it till after II o'clock,
,wing to his absence on other business yet,
hat he had served it on said jackson the
anne day.
In the course of the time l was with Gen.
Jackson, the conversation turned upon
Judge Hall. The General observed that he
lad no personal prejudices against the Judge,
,ut that his conduct in the instance in ques-
ion had brought him under the cognizance
# his (the General's) general order-that this
vas his (the Generally camp, and that no per-
on or power must or should be over him in
t; that he was responsible to his government: