The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-05-30
LOUISIANA LOTTERY.
rhis neiie OF ihe warms,h' iseiioEn
Regime Creates y Colnmo,ien Amsas
she Judges of ,hs several Courts OF
the Oresent sity,

Ouu lima nfraolou. tIlQu oOuVlltpu AM
sentenoed bv .Judpe smith Of the Ara
reeorderla court 10 nav n fine of twenty
five dollara. or in deault thereof /,
lmprisonment for Ave daya I'm the pnr
ish prlson for tho ofIense Of selllD,
tIoketa Of n foreign Lottery ln ylolatlo,
OF not nine of 1874. When oonylote,
of the frat ofleune. AuuistIe was re,
leased from prlson ON n writ Of habea,
oorpus lasued by Judge uouaton. n
the fourth district court.
Judge smith having reason 10 appre
bend that the prisoner would anair
apply for aud obtain release through
the fourth district court, presented ,
petition In the superlor criminal courI
praying for "a mandamua 10 issue Il
James ID. Houston. criminal sherIll
commanding him TO hold aaId Angus
tic In accordance with commitments
The sheriff being present, the caso WA,
taken up and tried. Judge Whitaker
rendered "A Judgment in myor of rein.
tor. and ordered "A mandamua 10 be
Issued directing tho sheriff Ia hold
Auaustle In his custody and not release
him upon the order OF any court
At eleven O'Clock Iast night Mr..
Sambola, counsel for Auu,,stle. lled n
petltlon for writ of habeas oornus In
the Fourth dIstriot court. Judge uous.
ton made a rule, returnable lnstauter.
The writ WA, issued and served upon
the koeper OF the parlsh prison. Al
four O'clock Sheriff Houston anpeared
I'm court and declined 10 produoe tho
body of Aupustie. where,,pon Judge
Honston committed him N ths nar,sh
nrIson until s,ioh time ma ma would
nroducs tina bodv of Auvns,Io Tba
commitment wns accorJlnvlv mazda
ant and sberin Houston taken N Tho
narish nrIson. Unon oneniny court nj
ths reuular hour tosdav. tina oounsel
FOR Auu,stIe flled n motion. alleging
that Auunstie was brouoht hefore the
court and released an writ Of hobeos
oornus and Auu,stio VIVA rearreated
an n similar oharpe and commlt,ed ia
tho n.r,sh nrIson, .hdve sml,h he,nc
NJ tina TINA. n,llv eovnizant or ,he do.
o,sion of tbe honorable court
Indigo Uouston ordered thot I N
Smith do sbow couse nj civ o,o,ooL
,h,a even,ny whv be shoulI not no
nun,shed for oontempt. The counse,
for Auoustie then arose and after stet.
IT, ,,,a, ~, ,ha r,,,nns =, T,d,,a VIII.
rug '""' " ','o i"',"e' VI '"'so il" NV
taker the writ or the people had been
set at naught, that court had no right
IN copnizanoe of said mandamus and
A. .T,a.o w,,,,.h. ,.. ht.,,.,,,,.,
'u". 'u'so "n'"Ao' was '''i''e'' ~
contempt OF this court, anu no wouid
now ask for the last remedy and file u
petition ordering the civil sheriff Ia
a,,,,. .,oos, oo,,;,e,,.. .na ,.n.na
summon Po''o oo'"'''"' anu p'ooeo"
10 the parish prison ana pring the
prisoner. before the court and ordering
the sherlff and posse 10 arrest all mar.
"a. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Irdca 1Iona,o,
V'es oos''uo'ins 'no"' '""so iiouS'on
granted the writ'
Az ll:40 o'clock the judges OF the
civil courts meet In the private ofIlce of
t,,., ~, .,xu, u...,.. L..
VIZ '"usoo VI WY e''" "''.''. 'o''r
ana after Drlei consultation they ~
once proceeded to the fourth district
oourt room, and Judpes Tissot. More
-. p,'.,,an .nd uo,,a,n, ,a,h
i'ose's' h'sn'on anu io'''on' 'ooA
seats on 'he pencn' jugs Houston
stated that the judges OF the district
courts were present to give their moral
counsenance to the dignity OF his
court. Deputy Sheriff Walsh was
ordered to proceed to the parish prison
and make demand for Augustie, and
II refused, he should report the facts,
and call upon the governor for assis'
lance, and then proceed to take the
prisoner under orders to the fourth dis
trict court. Mr.. Walsh accordingly
Weut w VIZ pa ioh ~ io"nt "i""S uei""n"
for prisoner aud returning reported to
civil Sheriff Handy that the criminal
sheriff refused to give up the prisoner,
under any circumstances, and said If
forced he would fire on the first man.
Sheriff Handy and Deputy Walsh at
once went to see Governor Nichols to
whom they reported the facts and
asked him for his advice and produced
an order OF court TO take possession OF
the body OF Augustie. They demanded
the calling out Of the militia to help
them, for in the event OF the sherift's
again refusing to deliver the prisoner
they would be Obliged to summon
posse con,itatus.
Governor Nichols stated that this
would be a very important matter and
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