The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-14
THE ATTORNEY GENERALS
WAR.
The Injunction Yesterday.

The Superior District Court on Monday
morning was filed with a crowd of spectators,
brought together by the Dibble and Field
case. Judge Lynch occupied the bench.
The injunction to restrain Henry G. Dibble
from acting in the capacity of Attorney Gen.
eral was called.
John Ray appeared for Mr.. D.bble, and
Judge Cotton for Col. Field.
T. After the opening preliminaries of the case,
Judge Lynch suggested that he had signed
the injunction to restrain the Assistant Attor-
ney General from interfering with the duties
of Col Field.
He also suggested that the portion of the
order which asserts that Judge Dibble is in
terferipg with the duties of Col Field be
cancelled.
Judge Dibble then arose and said that he
could not see how the Attorney General
could put a person out of Office, the person
having been appointed by the Governor who
had signed and promulgated the act creating
the said Office, after it had been duly passed
by the Legislature.
In response to the above, Col. Field said:
81 desire to go out of the government
quietly if I can. I desire, as long as re-
main here, to be representative of the peo-
pie, and do them all the service can, but if
had consulted my own wishes, I should
have retired from an Office where I was sur
rounded by thieves, who were endeavoring to
destroy and make me criminal by protect.
ing and sheltering their own thieves from
punishment"
He also said he " thought that his worthy
successor had taken . frolic with his Excel
lency, the Governor; but in the meantime he
had been telegraphed for by his attorney to
be here on this most sacred occasion, and
that there is no use in Disgusting the fact,
that the Governor is in council with the As
sistant Attorney General every day, and what
else could have thought of than to resort to
the use of this court on this subject"
Mr.. Ray said: :" All we ask is that the in
junction be modified SO as to let Mr.. Dibble
continue his duties as he has been doing for
the last two years.
The Court said: 81 think the portion Of
the order restraining the Assistant Attorney
General from exercising the powers which he
has been carrying on for the last two years
ought to be stricken out will set aside the
portion of the rule preventing the Assistant
Attorney General from acting; and will also
dissolve that part of the injunction which re-
strains him from acting in the capacity of As
sistant Attorney General.
Judge Cotton said: I'VE do not ask that
the Injunction be dissolved"
The Court.-"Col. Field, you will have to
furnish q bond of $4,000, and let the order re-
main until tomorrow"
Judge Dibble then said: eff your Honor
pleases, must not disch 4rge my duties ?"
The Court" No, sir: not until tomorrow,
when the case will be tried"
Judge Dihble-"If have to cease in my
duties I will take the case to the Supreme
Court
Col. Field said: CT do not want to stop the
gentleman from carrying out his duties; will
discharge the Injunction in this case in toto"
Judge Lynch then instructed the clerk to
issue the following order:
son motion of A. p Field. Esq, Attorney
General, it is ordered that the Injunction in
this case be set aside and fixed for trial on
Wednesday, March Is, 1876, at II o'clock
A. NJ"