New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-03-02
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wEDNEaDAY, EEnauARr 3. 1s77.



Superior CFiminaI Ceurs.
state vs. Adam EDglert-Informatio for
stabbing, etc.
State We. Frank Flynn. -StabbinR Patrick
Iwoly, September 9, 1876, on Tcho1pitoulas
street. Nolle prOsequi entered.
state ys. Julius Steirvell.-BureIarv at
Sss residence q Margaret 9anly, July z,
state We, William Smith.--BurRlarv &C
the Bazaar Market, January 10, 1877, Con.
vlcted February "a Sentence Of two yee rs
and six months.
State va. Jack and Denis Casay.-Murder
Of Dennis Glynn, August 1, 1876, near La
iayette Square. Indicted October 81. Mo-
ton to bail refused.
First District Court.
MFoRMArIoNs.
Petty larcenY-JOhn Williams. Charlea
Otis, George Ambrose, Antoine Williams.
John Waters, Francois Despair.
Assault with intent to kill-Jerome Scan
Ian. '0''-'7
Assault, etc.-Thomas Chapman. Hugb
DeLacy, Mike Gibbons, John Dowd, joseph
Baldwin.
NoLLE PRosEoUI ENTERED.
Petty larceny Eugene Gordon, William
Bowman.
IL har' anu Amels sander, guilty OF pet
ty larceny; N. 7. Grosart, not guilty: and
Q. Leblanc and Mrs. John FRYE, guilty of
assault and battery; James Lee and II !.
Smith, petty larceny, and John Frye, az.
sault and battery, mistrial.
SENTENCED.
John Bruins, alias DIR. Ferguson, on plea
OF guilty of petty larceny of pocketbook,
valued ct 81. One hour in Parish Prison,
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1877.
United States District Court.
Presentation. E. C. Billings, district
judge.
N. Wheeler vs.. steamer Grand Repnh.
1c.-"I have called this case in preference
this morning, because / think it IL an i'm.
position upon the commerce. of this MORT
and upon the owners of vessels, that a
vessel should be libelled and detained here,
and subject to suit, without any assumption
OF demand, and simply upon claim of "a
IOr wages. Inc seamen shall be protected,
for they are the wards of the court; but to
resort to such measures until they have ex-
hsuSted their remedy, so fer as presenting
their claims is concerned, can not be sun.
ported. Therefore, let the Judgment he
that this libel be dismissed; and, further.
more, do not think that the court ought TO
stop there; on the one hand it is the duty of
0no courb 10 see bnRG the rights of the
poor seamen and everybody else are pro-
tected; but, on the other hand, it is the
duty of the court to see that it's process
is not abused. l think it most outrageous
IN this case for q warrant to be issued bv
the commissioner for q claim of such a
trivial amount, and, since the commits.
sioner is an officer of the court, and while
his Judgment can not be final, think the
Circuit Court, by which this officer was
appointed, ahould intervene, and / there.
fore direct that an order be entered up in
the Circuit Court, suspending Commissioner
shannon from farther exercising the Office
OF commissioner until the further order of
the Circuit Court.
Superior Criminal Court.
State va. Charles LOcksby.-Murder of
Matthias Keppler, November 6, 1877. Fixed
for trial this day. The State not being
ready for trial, on motion the accused YVES
admitted to bail. Bond fixed at $500.
First District Csurt.
State VS.. Carlos l.. Duchoin.-On trial
for obtaining IS 50 from Merlin Yokim, a
German. for subscription to ART of Society
and Asdretos Magazine, and three chromoe,
by falsely representing that the former
magazine would be delivered printed in
German after the February number.