New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-05

! rstsreaoe 70 the Revised Atatuses, ).

BY refsreucs to the Revi1sd Atatutes. as
follows: 'ssf
SEC sss Any grand juror It any term Of
court. when . grand jury 10 impaneled,
who shall fail to inform the grand Jury Of
any violation Of the criminal laws Of this
the parish for which he 10 impaneled - .
grand juror, since the sitting of the last
preceding grand Jury in that parish, which
may have come to his personal knowledge,
or of which he may have been informed,
upon due conviction thereof shall, if it be
an oftense not punishable in the peniten-
tiary, Of which he has not given informa-
ton, be fined in Gum Of not less than $50
NOR more than $500; and If it DO an off0se
which may be punished by death or i'm
prisonment In the pepitentiary, he shall be
punished by imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary at hard labor for not less than one nor
moro than five years.
In this connection / wish to call your at
tentiOn to the offsnss of carrying concealed
weapons. 1t 10 . crime in this State to
carry q weapon concealed on or about the
person. Still the records of this court show
that more than One-half of the felOnious
homicides in this city result from this evil
practice. With the constant illustratio
of the terrible consequences of this popular
crime, the fond hearts and happy homes
made desolate forever simply by the failure
of the courts to enforce the laws rs to car.
rying concealed weapons, it should require
no specific charge from the court to induce
you gentlemen to do all in your power to
enforce the statute.
The Revised Statutes say:
SEC. 9l5. When any officer has good rea-
son to believe that any person has weapons
concealed about him, or proof thereof being
made to any justice Of the peace by the oath
of one or more credible witnesses, it shall
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rant against such offender, and have him
searched. and should he be found with such
weapons, to bind him over to keep the
peace OF the State, with such security as
may appear necessary, for one year; and on
his failing to give good and sufficient Sc
curity, he shall commit such offender to
prison for any time not exceeding twenty
days. He shall also be bound to appear be-
fore the district court to answer the
charge.
If you sixteen gentlemen will avail your
selves of this statute, and, by severe meas
ures undertake, with fearless determine.
ton, to abolish the practice of carrying
concealed weapons in this city, you can. in
the two months you have to serve, do much
toward it. You will have but discharged q
positive duty under your oaths and will
earn the warm approval of the best people
of this community. 1t is not the severity
tainty of conviction that prevents crime.
The sole object of government being to
secure the happiness of the people, and
your special duty being to prevent as
we'll as to punish crime, suggest
that after considering the few cases now
pending for your examination you could
not better employ your time than by turn
ing your attention to this important subject
of carrying concealed weapons. For full
1nfOrm otinn nj n vOur M uap and Nufjas I
will place in your hands printed instructions
gwen to former grand juries in this court,
to which l invite your attention. They
should be read upon retiring to your Jury
room, and may be referred to from time
t, time as occasion may require.
First District Court.
EOLLE PROsEQUI ENTERED.
James Thomassen. for assault and bat
terry; Ellen Rose and William Thomas,
petty larceny.
Anthony Davis, for petty larceny, one day.
second District Court.
SUGGESTIONS of Jean Adolphe Risler and
John L. Morony opened.
Mrs. Lucy c. Vandanburg, wife of John
| o. Plauche, and Mrs. Emma E Vandenburg,
wife of Alexander Lesseps, pray to be
| emancipated.
Fourth District Court.
A. Carrriere & Sons We. Thomas Schorr
Judgment for plaintiffs for $500.
John q. Monroe VS.. Augustine GundO.-
-Judgme for plaintiff for $685..
Fifth District Court.
| E. F. Lavillebeuve ct al. VS.. Aristide
Miltenburger, testamentary executor
| VIII of Eli Victor Jordan and the reve
nues of $1,000 Of the property devised to be
divided equally between his four children
each taking one-eighth, and Mira. Blandeau
she taking one-halt.