New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-02
COURT RECORD.
TUESDAY, AUGUST l, 1876.
Superior District Court.

COURT RECORD.
| TUESDAY, AUGUST l, 1876.
Superior District Court.
Petition of E. D. Triplet and Charles
Turnbull praying for writ of habess cor
pus. Plaintiffs claimed that they were
arrested July %. in this city, by parties
from East Baton Rouge. on an order from
John w. London. fourth justice of the
| peace OF that parish; that the order was not
| sufficient, the signature not being attested
| by the Secretary of State.
| The sheriff produced the prisoners and
his return on the above order, on q commit
| ment of Justice Staes for an attempt at
murder, and on q commitment from Justice
Adams on the arrest made on the order of
Justice L0udon.
Counsel for the sheriff of East Baton
Rouge asked to be heard, but was informed
that official was not party to the proceed
| ings.
London was all the sheriff had when the
writ was taken out. On certificate from
the Secretary of State being presented, they
claimed it was too late; that it should have
accompanied the order, and was obtained
since the writ, being dated July 81. Justice
Adams commitment was evidently obtained
merely to defeat the writ it being dated
August l. Not having seen any of these
papers before, they claimed q continuance
of forty-eight hours on the ground of being
taken by surprise. Petitioners also offered
their affidavit that they were in danger of
their lives if removed from the parish. The
court ruled this out.
Judge Lynch said the court, in it's discre
ton, might have ruled out the commitment
of Justice Adams, but preferred having all
the papers read which had been filed with
the sheriff. The affidavit that they were in
danger of their lives was not admissible on
motion for continuance. That might be
matter for the consideration of the execu-
tive of the State With the exception of
the order of arrest by Juetice Loudon, all
papers filed were of later date than the
writ of hsbeas corpus. Counsel might rea-
sOnably complain they were sprung on
them and demand q continuance. The time
of torty-eight hours asked for was unpre-
cedented, but as the prisoners we're in Gus
tody of the sheriff OF Orleans, and would
remain 80, the State could not be injured
The case was accordingly continued to
Thursday, August 3, at 6 P. NJ. and the
prisoners remanded.
First District Court.
State vs.. Dan SOutherland.-Petty lar.
ceny. NOlle prOsequi entered.
State vs.. Fred Williams.-Assault and
battery. Sentence of three months.
Sound sense from the south.
The times and surroundings are au-
spiciOus for the Inauguration of Q better
feeling in the Countrywide restoration of
mutual confidence between the North and
SOuth-in the election of Hayes and Wheel
or. Their utterances since their nOmina-
ton have breathed nothing but kindness
and reconciliation. They have approached
the subject, not with the studied sentences
OF the scheming demagOgue. calculating as
to the number of votes each impression
will influence, but from the lofty inspira-
ton of patriotism. looking to the grand
destiny that awaits united country, with
Q constituent body bravely struggling in
common future. What higher ambition
should any man aspire to than such con
summation 1t cOmprehends the NEST ex-
allied duty and mission Of American citi.
zenship. 1t encompasses the welfare of all
the people, now and hereafter, who NAV
boast the privileges and claim the protec-
ton of the grandest system of government
that ever the wit of man conceived.
We believe it is in the reach of the lead
ing old line Wings of the country, in this
centennial election, to shape the policy and
mold the administration of the affairs of
the nation in the interests of peace, har-
mony and good fellowship between the sec.
tons. Let the old line Wings of Virginia
even twenty-five of the leading minds of
the old guard-unite in an appeal to their
old associates and political friends to rise
above the baneful influence of sectionslism,
to forget. in the interest of q common
country, the snimosities of the past, and de-
clare in favor of Hayes and Wheeler. Such
course would virtually end the preei-
dental contest, and give assurance that
the sectional marplots and intriguers who
are leading the people of the South in the
support OF Tilden are pOwerless longer to
direct popular sentiment That is the kind
of reform which our country is yearning
for. 1t is an opportunity that may not
again be presented in q lifetime, and if the
Richmond Dispatch would grasp the sug-
gestiOn and urge ii upon such men as Alex
ander II. Stuart, Hugh w. Shelley, Henry
w. Thomas, johnson Barbour and other
prominent members of the old Wing party,
upon the basis of the declaration Of Gov
ernor Hayes:
"There can be no enduring peace if the
constitutional rights OF any portion of the
vision of political parties, resting merely
upon distinctions of race or sectional lines,
is always unfortunate. and may be disas-
trOus. The welfare OF the South, alike with
every other part of the country, depends |
upon the attractions it can offer to labor, to |
and to capital but laborers |
will not 60, and capital will not venture |
where the constitution and laws are set at |
defiance, and distraction, apprehension and |
alarm take the place of peace loving and |
social lite. All parts Of the |
are sacred, and must be sacred |
ly observed-the parts that are new no less |
than the parts that are old. The moral and |
prosperity of the Southern States |
can be most effectively advanced by a
hearty and generous recognition of the |
rights of all by all, q recognition without
reserve or exception. With such recog-
milton fully accorded, it will be practicable
to promote, by the influence of legitimate
agencies of the general government, the
effort of the people of these States to
obtain for themselves the blessings
of honest and capable local govern
ment. If elected, l shall consider 1t
not only my duty, but it will be
my ardent desire, to labor for the attain
ment of this end. Let me assure my coun-
trymen of the Southern States that, if l
shall be charged with the duty of organic
ing an administration, it will be one which
will regard and cherish their truest inter-
ests, the interests of the white and the col
bred people, both and equally, and which
,ivil policy which will wipe out forever the
distinction between the North and the
South in our common country; with civil
service organized upon q system which will
secure purity, experience, efficiency and
q strict regard for the public well
ARE solely in appointments, and the speedy,
thorough, and unsparing prosecution and
punishment of all public officers who be,
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