The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-20
TERRIBLY INJURED.
THE LOTTERY GOES FOR THE DEMO
Graf TO THE TUNE OF $4,000
DAMAGES.

The following petition for damages was fled
| IN the Fifth District Court yesterday:
| 70 the Honorable the Judge Of The Fifth Dis
| trlct Court for the Parish Of Orleans
! The petition Of the Louisiana state Lottery, n
| corporation under the laws Of louisiana aomi-
| cilod IN New Orleans mud there doing lottery
business respectfully shows. That Geo W
Dupre. Jno. AuRnsin and Albert o. Janin. who
| all reside IN Nov Orleans. are Justly and truly
indebted IN soiieto unto your petitioner In the
| full sum Of f25 900 for this, 10 wit:
That said Dupre, Augnstin and Janin are
| aud have been for some time past md we're on
| the fourth dav If Denemher 1879 editors and
rropriatora q The daily newspaper published
| hy them in New Orleans under the name Of the
NEw ORLEANS DAWN DEMOCRAT, and said
Dupre Augnstin and Janin. on sud fourth day
Of December 1873. did wtekndIy. maioiousy
and intending 10 iniure petitioner. and In order
to cause the impuiaiun in the libel herainafer
gel forth to ha believed, did write md cause to
he upfished In said New ORLEANS DArrY DEN
nCRAr the following false and malicious libel IF
aud concerning petitioner aforesaid business
viz.
a Mobile paper speaking Of ,an, appr9aeh-
Gently Inquiries: Why should not Mobile get
the 500 600 prize this ime2' Because the win
ming number will net he in the wheel. Under
the Ell oumetanras Mobile may ne well make III
her mind to be left again"
All Of which will more fully appear by refer
enee to copy Of said New Orleans Va DAILY DEN
hereunto annexed Tor reference and made part
Of this petition.
Now your petitioner further shows that the
approanhing drawing spoken Of In said
above quoted article was the grind aytraprtli-
nary drawing Of your pet TONER ,whi ch .was then
aivertsad to take place on the tenth Of Daeem=
Der 1919 and which did take plaoa on that day
and et which. among others n prize Of slooo0o
was offered by petitioner to those purchasing
and holding tickets In said drawing or lottery
TINT said defendants Ivy the words Louisiana
Lottery" IN said article referred 70 mud nni
cnted, and intended to refer - md Indicate, the
aforesaid lottery Of your petitioner In wnieh
the winning numbers and prizes aie pHt Into
separate wheela and drawn out II ron
dom to Determine the winning numbels
intended to and did imply by the assertion IN
aaid article that the winning number will not
petitioner would not be conducted honestly
and that their wheel would be 90 fixed that M
one buying ticket In said lottery would be
al9e 10 draw the said capital prize Of floon ao
aud that your petitioner would defraud those
who purchase its tickets by allowing them no
chance 7? draw said prize. aa Il PROMISED TO do
the public ne cheat, fraud. M imposition
and deception. and TINT said statement that
the winning plumber will not be, in the wheel
was wholly false, untrue md uufounded. AMI
wickehly written and published NJ aforesaid
without eanae. and has greatly injured md
damaged petitioner In its business, It's chatac-
ter liz good name and standing, md In tho de
preston Of its STOCK that tho truth and fact
was. and IL. that the said winning number. the
one which drew the 500 900 prize, was put In tho
wheel and was drawn out, md n 9th part
thereof has been presented to petitioner Tor
payment anu been uHtn. Petitioner tutther
shows that Il regularly sells in all its drawings
many tickets In the various States If the Union,
outside Of this State. and many non residents
of this State sent here to buy petitioner lot
terry tckats, and TINT said New Orleans Daily
DENoCRAT circula'as MI over the United States
md said article ia greatly hurffnl peii Toner q
business In other communities, as we'll as IN
this. by inducing people In believe that petf.
toner conduela its business In an unfair aud
fraudulent manner: which is not true md BY
reason Of the premises md defendants said
Illegal acts. petitioner has suffered damages to
tho amount Of s25.00o Wherefore petitioner
prays that said @. W. Uupra. Jno Augustln and
Albert q Janin be cited to appear and answer
this petition. and after due proceedings Ind,
that they be condemned in eoido tn pay uet
toner said sum Of t25 ,ooo with legal Interest
and costs and petitioner prays for all general
relief. jos. !. HORNOK.
AitnrnaE for patitionar.