St. Landry democrat., 1880-11-13
District Court.


The grand jury adjourned on Satur-
day last, having found thirty five true
bills, eleven of which were for petit
larceny, two for h orse stealing, one for
burglary, three for wantonly beating
and wonndiny, one for assault and
battery, three for assault with intent to
kill and commit murder, three for
carrying concealed weapons, one for
violating the game law, seven for VIC
lating the Sunday law, one for man
slaughter and two for murder.
Henry Hall, Julien Antoine. Joseph
Pitle, Henry Rider, Valmont +. Cbrcticn,
julien, Onezime Roger, Augustus Lanct,
Cart Wolf, Andrew Hawkins, Jos.
Austin and Micou sam were each
indicted for petit larceny; Joseph
Raphael Rousseau and Dumas Sonnier
for horsestealing; Cormilien Sylvester
for burglary; Charles Hayes, George
Mitchell and FRANCOIS Senegal for wall
tonly beating and woundiuy lliIdevcrt
Carrier for assault and battery; William
Baptist, On!lc Leblanc and c. William
MilISpaugh for assault with inteut TO
kill and commit murder Charles Cason,
Simon flannel and Henry Moore for
carrying concealed weapons; Maximilieu
Kenison for violating The game law
Mare Pene, Nictorin Maiguaud. Francois
Simon, Bernard Martin, Francois C1ou-
Chef, Matthias Arenas Jos. Damonville
Bernard, August Ravetand Mrs. Bernard
Martin for violating the Sunday or
dinance; SostI.cne Herpin was indicted
for manslaugltcr, and Allen johnson
and Oscar Tate for murder.
The prisoners arraigncd up to yester-
day morning, the crimes for which they
were arraigncI and their pleas and
prayer are as follows:
Jnlien Antoine, Joseph Pitre and Carl
Wolf, indicted for petit larceny; An
tome and Pitre put in plea of not
guilty and asked TO be tried 10y jury
while Carl Wolf, putting in the same
plea, asked for Il trial by the court.
Joseph Raphael Rousseau, horse steal.
ing. plead not guilty, trial 10y jury.
Onile Leblanc, assault with intent t,
kill, Charles Hayes, wantonly beating
aud wounding, aud c. William Mill
spaugh, shooting with intent TO commits
murder, each plead not guilty ant
prayed for trial by jury.
Simon flannel, carrying conceaIe,
, weapons, plead not guilty, trial by jury
John Sonnier and Allen Johnson, eacl
for murder, plead not guilty and prayed
for trial by jury.
Those who waived arraignmcnt, tliei
crimes aud plea are lis follows:
F. Charles Cason and Henry Moore, car
ryiDg concealed weapons, guilty.
August Ravet, Mare Pcne, Eictoril
Maignaud, Francois Simon and Beruart
Martin and wife, each for violation o
! the Sunday ordinance, plead guilty.
OF the eighteen who have been ar
rai.ned or waived arraignment, it vii
+ he seen that eight have plead guilty
! two for wearing concealed weapons an,
! the other six for violating the Sunda.
| law of the ten who have plead no
! guilty, one has asked for trial 10y ,h
/ court.
| The trial Of G. William MillspaugI
for shooting Henry Middleton ALA
Sargent, with intent to commit murder
came off Wednesday. The jury afte
deliberating for ali hour or more ren
dered verdict of guilty under section
1872 of the Revised Statutes, but recon-
mended him to the extreme mercy o
! the court.
Joseph Pitre, tried Thursday last TO
petit larceny, verdict OF the jury guilty
| The District Attorney has us yet tilc'
no bills of information.
At the present term of the Distric
Court there are five murder eases to b
tried. one OF which, that Of Celesti
Breaux, will be tried by the court, two
Frank Epps and Pierre p. Guidry hay
not yet been arraigned and the otlle
two, Allen johnson and John SoDnieI
will be tried by jury.