The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-05
Kri.focs, AND THE LAW.
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Evidences.
1his community read recently an open
letter addressed by VIM. Pitt Kellogg 70
the District Attorney Of the Fifth judi
cial District, protesting great regard for
the law and asking Mr.. Read to prose
eute certain persons whom he was
nlensed 20 denominate lawless, because
they had requested certain beastly ana
thicying officials to step down and out
of the Offices they disgraced.
The community had repeatedly seen
evidences of KelIogg's high regard for
the law I'M the wholesale pardons granted
by him to parties convicted OF MURDER,
rape, arson, burglary and lesser crimes,
n recent instance OF which was his com
mutation of the sentence OF the cow
ardly, cold -blooded assassin OF JUSTIN
Bourdonnay.
since then we have seen his nppointec
to the judgeship of the Superior crinhi
nal Court In conjunction WIN .onn
McPhelin. District Attorney, icttlnR ous
on bail n man charged with the crime Oh
murder without any other excuse than
that Tho party was able to give bondsfor
$50, 900.
Morr recently we have the news Of the
removal of this District Attorney IN the
Nntchitoches District, and the appoint
ment of another by Kellogg, for no
other purpose, rs charged. than to allow
the a,lashing Of indictments Tor penn
Tertiary oirenses against Two OF Mel
lopg's pets. Twitchell and Myers, noto-
rious thieves and general scoundtels, !,
Yesterday. before the Superior Criminal
Court. il given another evidence 81 the
high regard for law and justice which
possesses the soul Of Kellogg and his,
officials I'm the discharge, without bond
or dny. bv Hiram r. Steele. OF n. W..
Devices. Jas. =. Matthews, J.; Jones
York. + II. Stewart and y. Davis. who
were before the court for bribery ms
high moral Legislators. Kellogg ana
Steele will doubtless say that the iirst
indictment was found by grand jury
impannelled by Judge Braughn ana ue-
clnrcd to be illegal, and that the recent
grand Jury (befcre whom Attorney Gen
ernl Field filed fresh information Of the
oirenses) fniled TO find an indictment.
INT will kellogg, Dibble. or II: u.
steele. explain the process by which so
convenient grand jury as the last one
was. fixed up to consist OF but three
Democrats and the balance Republicans;
and majority of these last, actual
and x-Radical Office holders
for It is openly, charged that
THIS HSt ElHld J"is 80"
specially organized for the purpose OF
letting down easy the notorious quin-
tctte OF bribed Radicals, who yesterday
went scot free OF justice.
The last case that we shall notice is
thnt of Geo. G. Norcross. n CUSTOM
house Radical. who has been doing 4
thriving business as purchaser at sales
by Keliogg's tax collectors, OF property
sold for non-payment OF the swlndles
called taxes and the penalties thereon
This fellow. Norcross, got quletns
some time since before Judge Il. North
Culom. But in another case against
one Azelie Handlin he had proceeded II
nm ex-cathedra style, dispossessing the
said Handlin without any legal right sc
to do" For this the said Norcross was
brought up in a prosecution before
Judge r. Abel. Of the First District
Court. and after fair trial was found
guilty and sentenced; being given the
option Of paying fine of $50 or going
TO prison for thirty days.
The sharp dog chose the imprison
meut aud Kellogg immediately pardons
him. and so shows his respect for the
law, which he prates about enforcing
when decent people wont submit to the
outrage and insolence Of his thievinf
officials.
In regard to the cases of the class O
individuals represented by Geo. q
Norcross, we have but one recommends
ton to make to parties who are troubled
by such vermin, and that is, as courts
and the law are organized to protect
them, that parties who are wronged 10y
such draw their teeth through the bacl
Of their heads.