The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-01-31
LOUISIANA.
THE TRIAL OF ANDERSON

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 30.-The trial of An
derscn was resumed and the Courtroom
was filled with spectators. At ii O'Clock
the jury entered the Courtroom and occu-
pied tteir seats, and the clerk read the in
formation against the prisoner, to which he
had pleaded not guilty. The first witness,
w. III. Smart, being sworn in for the State,
said: Il am Clerk of the District Court of
Vernon Parish and was Deputy Clerk be-
fore, and the documents shown TO me con-
tain my official signature AMI this election
return Mr.. Ray objected, as the document
is not that mentioned in the indict
ment. The latter speaks of original
returns of election signed by Supervisor of
Election and Registration, where documents
offered is a consolidated statement of re-
turns, anG under the law there is no such
officer known as Supervisor of Election and
Registration. Mr.. Ray offered as an addi-
tional objection that the document must
have been signed by the Clerk of the Court
instead of by the Deputy Clerk, aud that as
they are charged with uttering forged
document, forgery must first be proven be-
fore uttering.
The Assis'nt Attorney General cOntended
that he did not purport to set ont . fac simile
of the document presented, and the law does
not require the document to be described
accurately it was certified to 10y the clerk
that was sufficient.
Mr.. Castelaros said that the objection was
not as to form, but as to the substance of the
information.
Judge Whitaker said the objection was
purely technical; the information could be
amended under the statutes.
Mr.. CastelarOs read bill of exceptions.
He said he had been referred TO section 1047
of the Revised Statutes, by the Attorney
General. AS to the amendment of informa-
ton in forgery, like some other crimes,
| there were well settled rules. A var : tnce
| between Indictment and o9ence was a Ways
/ .--so r-TNf fls,as CrFl
of the document alleged to be forged, is de-
| fective. if not in form and substance, and the
| indictment is null and void.
Attorney General Ogden replied that the
! Court was right in the position it took origi-
nalIy: he had proposed under the statutes
to amend the indictment, and the rights OF
the defense would not suffer by it, as the
matter was to be decided by the sound dis
cretion of the court.
Assistant Attorney General Egan support
| ed the allegations made in the information
and quoted several authorities from the
statutes which required an amendment al
| variance was not material.
Mr.. Castelaros objected to the amending
of the information, which, however, was
over ruled, and District Attorney amendec
the Information by inserting the words
.'supervisor of registration" instead OF ''su
pervisOr of election"
SHOOTING AFFRAY.
A shooting affray took place this morning
on the leyee. between Capt. Ossry, of the
steamer Isabel, L. F. Bouchereau, AID :, :,
Konns. Eleven shots were fired in all
Capt. Ossry being slightly wouded in the
arm. and a colored man named Bill johnson
and a white man named Schneider, wer
, also shot in the legs. The two latter wer
! Standing BY, and not participants In til
!. difficulty The principals were arrested an
taken to Jail.
FoREIGN.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 80 - Noon. - Cotton
: middling uplands 614d; middling Orlean
!. Glad. Sales 5000 bales.
r PARIS. Jan. So p .M.-Rentes lO9.
LONDON, Jan. 30-2 .M.-Consuls 50 oil