The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-06-30
DISTRICT COURT.


point reached in last issue, that is
from the opening of last Saturdays
session.
The jury in the case of the State
rs. James Robinson delivered sealed
verdict addressed to the Clerk OF
Court Friday night, which was opened
and read Saturday morning and was
as follows " Guilty of assault" The
sentence of the Coutt was S. fine or "a
hours in the parish Jail. Accused
either did not have the money or
was 10th to part with it, and went
to Jail.
In the case of the State as. Geo.
Wolffrome, for stealing a horse be-
longing to Gottlieb Seifried, the jury
were not long i'll finding il verdict
of guilty, the eloquent argument of
Mr.. Carver, the counsel appointed by
the Court to defend the prisoner, not
being supported by any evidence,
there being no witnesses for the de-
Tense. Notice was given that u mo-
ton for new trial would be made
| and this motion was filed yesterday
morning. Until this is disposed of
no sentence will be passed upon the
prisoner.
The charge of grand larceny against
Wolffrome, for the alleged stealing of
watch and money from Jacob krebs,
was ROlie 3orOssed by the District
Attorney after verdict of guilty was
found in the horse stealing case.
George Montgomery, who stole a
piece of cloth from the store of Mr..
S. Weinschenck, had to confront
dead sure proof of his guilt, and
as was to he expected from the evil
dence, the jury promptly found ver
dict of,guiity. Montgomery had paid
for the cloth after the theft was dis
covered, and innocertly supposed this
fact would secure immunity from
prosecution, but his error was i'm
pressed forcibly upon his mind when
he was brought before the Judge on
Tuesday and sentenced to imprison
ment in the penitentiary for the term
of six months.
A Judgment in favor of plaintiff,
reviving former Judgment, was rem
dered in the matter of Widow Lie
Gaudin and others rs. John +. Ayraud
and others, the amount involved be
ing SI539 81, with interest at per
cent from the Bird of April, 1860.
In the matter of Heirs of Thos. Mile
and wife rs. Jones Mccall, defendants
exceptions were argued by Messrs.
Thos. L. Bayne for defendant and
Frank Ricllal dson for plaintiffs. The
court overruled one portion of the ex-
eeptions and sustained the remainder.
On Monday the cases of the State
as. Wilson Jessie. charged with shoot
ing with intent to murder, and State
as. James McGrew, for larceny of a
shotgun, were continued until next
term of court. The cause for post
ponement of Jcssie's case was the i'll
ness of his counsel, Mr.. Winchester,
and the McGrew matter went over
principally because that individual
had pinned for solitude and gone in
search of it.
On Tuesday the Charles May arson
case came on for trial, and before a
full jury could be obtained it was
found necessary to send the Sheriff
out into town TO summon twenty citi-
zens as talesmen.
The counsel appointed to represent
May being absent, the court dcsig-
mated Judge Cheevers to conduct the
defense. The evidence was all cir
cumstan:ial, but very strong, and the
jury soon after retirement returned
with their verdict, Guilty under
section 843 of burning house at night
time not occupied by any one." The
original charge was for burning a
house in which a person usually slept
at night, but the State abandoned this
position, it being shown that the house
fired was unoccupied at the time of
the fire. Under the verdict the SEN
tence would be imprisonment in the
not less than seven nor
more than twenty years, but May es-
capes sentence, lat least for the present,
as a motion for new trial was made