The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-24
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, JULY o. 1871
A LIFE SENTENCE.

!. LIFE SENTENCE.
@ CLOSING OFTHE CRIMINAL SESSION Oh
= JUDGE PARDEE's COURT.
: Report of the Grand Jury OH Matters o
4 General Interest, Including Pat
a CIark's Dairy.
Z Yesterday the criminal session OF the Secon,
! Judicial District Court for the Sixth and Seventh
: Municipal Districts was formally closed, tn
0 | Judge passing sentence over the following per
sons convicted Of crime:
Philip Bust, for carrying concealed weapons
who pleaded guilty. $40 and costs, in default o
, which thirty days in the Parish Prison.
Samuel Johnson, larceny; two years in thu
Penitentiary.
Gustave Bruner, assault; three months in the
Henry Smith, incest; Penitentary for life.
Moses Eli, larceny; two years in the peniten
tiary; and for carrying concealed weapons, 81,
months in the Parish Prison.
Jim Perry, alias Jas. Mccormick seven years
In the House OF Refuge.
Henry Ford, burglary; ten years in the Peni.
Tertiary; and larceny, two years.
Louis Leopold, alias. Oapo, and John Martin;
the former, ten years for burglary and two years
for larceny; and the latter, two years for bur-
glary and six months Tor larceny, all in the Peni-
tentiary.
Philip oster, alias Frank P. Walton, larceny:
two years Ia the Penitentiary.
In the case Of Oster, the following was ad-
dressed TO Judge Pardee:
PARISH Prison, July %, 1877.
Hon. Don A. Pardee, Judge Second Judicial Dis
| Honored Strive, the undersigned. officers
| OF the Parish Prison, understanding that one
Philip oster, now confined in this prison, has
L huAv tssnIn vxI AL r..
court Of the crime of larceny, and It is your
Honor's intention to pass sentence upon him TO-
day, beg to present this our petition to your
Honor Ia his behalf, for the purpose of invoking
your Honor's clemency toward this unfortunate
| man.
Oster has been In the prison of which we are
in charge some thirteen months, and during that
| time has 30 demeaned himself as to win our con-
fdence and esteem,
His behavior here has been such as to convince
Us that no matter what his past life may haze
been, his future life will be that of an upright
and virtuous man and honest and good citizen.
We are firmly convinced that your honor would
never have occasion to regret the exercise Of
gentle mercy instead OF stern justice in this case
We disclaim any intention OF interfering In any
way with your honcrs duty or business, and II
We have gone too far in our recommendation Of
Oster, we hope your honor will excuse us on the
ground that our firm belief in. Oster's well-de-
serving has made us bold to speak when, per.
hsps, 'twere better we had remained silent.
Ia conclusion, we hope your Honor will, IL not
right and justice, hear and grant our petition for
gerry light sentence upon the unfortunate man
In whose behalf we are your Honor's humble Pc
itioners.
CHRIS. @. GAIN.
Captain Parish Prison.
p. Skehan, James Pickett, Thos. Johnston,
w. J. McGeehsn, 81. Hoey and John J, Walsh.
deputy sheriffs; Henry Brunk, clerk.
Allusion 10 also made Of the case Oster in the
GRAND JURY REPORT,
OF which the following Is q synopsis Oster hay |
ing charged that he was kept In jail for thirteen
months through the prejudice and malice OF the |
District Attorney, the Grand Jury investigated
the matter and have found that Oster has been |
kept in jail through his own conduct.
The court building in Carrollton needs imme-
diate repairs and the citys interest in the build
ing being sixty per cent it should attend to the
to pay FOR its share. The Board OF Health should
see that the privies are kept in good condition.
There are no lights, no water coolers, brooms or
any other articles necessary for the building.
THE PRISONERS SAY
that their food and treatment is satisfactory, but
Suitable rooms are needed for the jury and
the sanitary inspector. The police station in
Carrolton is unfit for the use for which 1t is in
tended. and instead Of paying rental Of $40 per
!or the purposes Of lookup and telegraph Office.
The latter OF which would then be within convent.
ent reach Of the officers Of the court. 4,
The Washington 6choolhouse needs repairs.
yerous, mot being protected by metal.
The Jefferson 6chool-house is in bad condi-
for the teachers needed. The
eats for little boys attending the school are
'quA to stocks; ''the room which contains these
INSTRUMENTS OF TORTURE
: rented; IN unnecessary expense, apparently, Us
he building on Short street Is the property OF the
ity and unoccupied, except by colored people, ,,
rho say that they were put there to care for the
lace
by Mr.. BoorHBY."
The furniture of the Broadway School is rented 9
nd complaints are made about want OF room.
The Greenville school for colored children Is In
rstty good condition and kept neat and clean.
The Louisiana Retreat for the Insane, kept by
le Sisters OF Mercy, is wonderfully managed. q
here are about eighty patients IN the institu- Z
on. a
The Seventh Precinct Is unhealthy and re- y =,
uires the attention Of the Board of the Health. u
o food is given to prisoners arrested on satur- .
~ night until they are released or committed to
rison on Monday.
ell kept. fiF TT 1 nft
The Jefferson City Hall is not guarded and ell y
le movables have been carried awsYy conaad-
able portion to the Seventh Justices Court.
he city Of New Orleans has no Legal right to b
lis property. j
The justice Of that court is salaried by the city,
i'd the city had no right to take the property, O
hitch Is very much needed by the courthouse sl
CarrolltoD, and give it to the seventh Court.
he Grand Jury would not refer to this il they
d not find the Carfollton courthouse in such
ndition. f.
PAT CLARKs DAIRY, m
the corner OF Constantinople and st. Charles x
reefs, is not only . nuisance but q calamity.
be report closes by calling the attention of the
bard of Health and the Administrator Of I'M 81
ovements to the filing of lots with decayed 81
getable matter, dead dogs cats and chickens,
pecially the lot on Laurel street, between Tole-
no street and Louisiana Avenue.
The remainder OF the day was devoted by 8,
ldge Pardee in sitting on a F
RULE FOR ALIMoNY W
the case of Palacio vs. Palacio wherein the W