The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-18

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labor for more than five years. Thos
murder, rape, shooting, stabbing o
thrusting with intent to murder Will,
lying In wait, or while attempting t.
perpetrate any arson, rape, robbery
ETC.; entering q dwelling-house in thu
! night time armed with a dangerous
weapon with intent to commit any
crime; arson, and treason to the State
Under the general definition Of of
fenses, the penalty for which may bt
imprisonment at hard labor for more
than five years, are granddaughter; the
crime against nature with mankind ol
beast shooting with intent to murder
mayhem attempting to procure pre-
mature delivery or abortion forgery
burning In the night time house OF
store where no person resides; burn.
ing house, store, etc., in the day
time; setting fire to fences, piles o
| wood, sheds, boards, lumber or Other
combustiblc matter by means of which
any house or vessel, steamboat OF
water craft may be burned attempt
ing to set fire to a house; preparing
combustible materials for the purpose
of setting fire to a house or store; bur-
glary without being armed burglary
of any store, warehouse or clubhouse ;
perjury; rescuing persons found guilty
of capital offenses embezzlement /;
breaking or cutting the levees and
other offenses, which would take un-
necessary time to enumerate, but in
reference to which you will have no
difficulty, for you will have the advan-
tage of the advice of the law officers of
the State, and the instructions of the
court so often as may be necessary.
This court has jurisdiction of odenses
specially set forth in the act creating 1t.
These are: Violations of the election
and registration laws /; the laws pun
ishing bribery prohibiting unlawful
assemblages, and the carrying of con-
cealed weapons.
. To the last named Offense / direct
your especial and most earnest atten-
ton. While no violation of law is as
pertinaciously and successfully prose-
cuted as this; while convictions for
this outrage upon society are of almost
daily occurrence in this court, the evil
does not seem to be checked. The bad
example of the respectable classes In
court, the main source of the evil. The
tramps, vagrants and disturbers of the
peace are punished with monotOnous
but Intellectual regularity but the gen.
tlemen OF the community, who habit
ually commit this abOminatiOn, seem
to be beyond the reach of the law; at
all events, they seldom come under
the weight of its punishment. The
evil has taken large proportions. 1t is
not so much the idle and vicious who
endanger the public peace by this prac-
tice, as those pretending to refinement,
respectability and social position. DO
what you can, gentlemen, to assist in
breaking up this crying evil.
Among the other crimes within the
of this court are, conspir-
ing to commit crime; combining and
to oppose the execution of
sition to the laws, and hindering or
delaying the performance of official
duty. Malfeasance, extortion or op-
preston in Office, and offenses against
State or municipal officers as such are
also within the jurisdiction Of this
court, as we'll as the attempt to bribe a
grand or petit juror.
Larceny is divided into grand and
petty larceny. Grand larceny, triable
in this court, consists in the taking and
carrying away, with felonious intent,
property of the value of one hundred
dollars or more. |
The grand jury should at least once
during its term visit the public institu-
lions of the parish, and examine into
the manner of maintaining and treat |
ing prisoners and the indigcnt, and at
The end of their term make to the
court report of the result of their la
bors, Offering whatever suggestions
they may deem advantageous to the
public welfare.