The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-17
THE COURTS.
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT.
THE NOBLOw COTTON CASE.
It Ii Again Continued ON Account of Alb
sent witnesses.

There was O very large crowd in the United
States Circuit Court yesterday to listen to the
trial Of the crooked cotton case of the United
States vs. A. 2. Noblom. The court room was
crowded with witnesses and jurors, and 1t was
some time after II o'clock before the Judge
took the bench. AS additional counsel Nc
Kinley Gibson, Esq, was associated with
Major j. E. Austin. When the cause was
called for trial, United States District Attorney
Lacey filed a motion that it be postponed
for some days again on the ground
that several important witnesses were
absent, and also that two Of the de-
PENDANTS, Taylor and Lowell. had not yet
appeared. He claimed that the government
ought to have a postponement in the case in
asmuch as the delay would not cause any
detriment to the parties defendant. Due vgi-
tendance Of those summoned, and he felt that
no objections ought to be urged against his
motion.
VIM. II. Hunt, ESQ., on behalf of Henry
Peychaud, Esq, opposed what he called,
case. Heargued that the proper grounds for
a continuance had not been made out and that
his client, resting under the cloud placed over
him by the indictment, had been awaiting q
trial for over two years.
Blair then addressed the court, urging that
inasmuch as this was O case of conspiracy oil
the defendants ought to be in court, and, fur
ther, that the government would be under an
increased expense If the records Of the courts
of other States were required to be ready from
time to time He thought that a postpone
ment would not work harm to the parties.
VIM. IL. Hunt Esq, responded. He said
that he did not think the government had any
more rights before the court than the humblest
citizen. His client had been anxously await
ing trial for over two years, and he did not
want the officers of the United States now to
further continue the trial. He asked in the
name Of justice and right that the trial should
go on, as the defense was ready and pre-
pared to vndicate it's cause.
Judge Billings In deciding the question said
that he did not consider the question as to the
absence OF witnesses as having been made out
according to the provisions OF the statute, but
the second ground, relative to the absence OF
the two defendants, Taylor and Lowell He
thought that in a case involving S290,000, out
OF which the government had been defrauded,
there should be present all the parties, II pos
sible, In order that there might not be more
than one trial. He, therefore, continued the
Noblom case for ten days, on until the Goth.
United States District Attorney Lacey then
moved the court to issue alias capiases for the
bodies Of George Taylor and Oliver Lowell to
be produced forthwith In court to answer the
charges against them.
After this case had been disposed OF, Henry
Baker, Esq, offered u motion In another
crooked cotton case, setting forth that his
client, II. s. Dennee, was unable to advance the
fees necessary to secure the presence of the
witnesses he desired to subpoena; he there
fore, asked that the Marshal be directed to
serve process under the United States stat
utes.
Mr.. Lacey opposed the motion, and Judge
Billings took the matter under advisement.