New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-24
COURT RECORD.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY o, 1876.
United States supreme Court

The following case was submitted Febru
airy Is:
Appeal FRONT the Circuit Court for the
eastern district of Louisiana-In this case
| Burbank, widow of Thomas S. Burbank
! sued BigelOw, q citizen of Wisconsin,, al
| leging that her husband and Bigclow were
| partners in business, and that Bigelow bad
brought suit and recovered against one Ed.
ward w. Burbank in his own name, in ia
| ver of the rights of the copartnership, and
| that the sum secured by the payment was
| in fact an asset of the firm. The prayer
! was tor discovery, an in unc ton, and that
| the judgment should be declared an asset
of the hrm.
The bill was dismissed for want of juris-
dicticn, and it is here commended that this
decision was error: that as the defendant
was citizen of Wisconsin, he was prop
erly sue d in The Louisiana circuit. the ser
vice of process having been made within
the jurisdiction. The defendant in error
maintains that as Bigelow had become a
bankrupt in Wisconsin, and the proceeding Is
were there penGing, the bankruptcy courts
of that district alone had jurisdiction.
United states Circuit Court.
Present - Hon. w. B. Woods, circuit
Judge.
United States Va. Ferdinand nuden-
Observation-Disclosures Of the books of the
Germanla National Bank. Bail bond com
peted and accused discharged.
l.. NJ. Flourey vs.. Alfred Lastrapes.-
Jury out with permission to return a sealed
verdict.
United States District Court.
Presentation. E. c. Billings, district
judge
John Devonshire qualified as clerk and
also took the cath rs United States COM
missioner.
Messrs. X. Loew end J. A. Charbonnet
were sw orn in as deputy clerks.
superior District Court.
Mrs j. H Gardane vs.. Laurence May
enno.-Petitioner alleges ownership of four
lots in the Second District; that defendant
Joubert, tax collector. On a seizure for
tax of $3.50 so for 1873; that he threatens
to take possession under act No. AZ of 1874;
that the act is unc institutional, and prays
that he be restrained. Injunction Issued on
bond of 5000
Superior Criminal Court.
State vs.. Belle Boyton and Della Davis
Grand larceny. Nole prosequi entered.
State vs.. J. J. Martin.-Forgery. On
trial.
First District Court.
NFORMATIONs.
Petty larceny-Andy Sullivan, Charles
Williams.
PLEADED GUILTY,
Tony Diamond. two cases. assault.
NoLLL PRUsEQUI ENTERED.
Assault and battery-L J. b. Burnett,
Tim Maloney.
ACQUITTED.
Robert Graz, IF assault and battery;
Albert Shaw and Annie Black. of petty
larceny; Robert Coilins, of wiIfully run
mag over a child named James Heeney,
D. cember ~, 1875.
CONVICTED.
Assault and batrery-Kate Connell, Mrs.
G!-aeon. Mary Wheeler.
Petty lsrceny-Mike Wells, Henry Will
lIaIHs, 1rieh Pat, Charles DubOn, Taylor
Ferguson.
Horse stealing-James Augustine and
Frank Psu!. Accused stole horse, wagon,
md haInees, and we're tried for grand lar
c.ny in the Superior Criminal Court
Augustine pleaded guilty, and Paul was
convicted. Exception taken that the two
Cases comprise only one oftense.
SENTENCED.
Ii,h Pat, petty larceny, ten days; Isaac
Schultz, assault and battery, 81 so fine.
second District Court.
Tntorship of Wilbelmina Schroeder
opened
Louis Fa;sans prays to be emancipated.
Succe.ai"ns Of w. A. M Stolen berg, Jose
Martinez Del Campo. Sidney A Stockdale,
Frederick X 'ein anu John Hurley, opened.
Fourth District Court.
John A. Braselman va. f Troller.-Judg.
ment for Sll39 for plaintiff.
Fifth District Court.
State OK rel. JACOB Gray ct al-Habeas
,orpus on co mnii ,ment Of Police Mag istrate
dems for contempt OF court in releasing
! prisoner. Writ maintained and relatOr
discharged.