Feliciana sentinel., 1880-10-09
DISTRICT COURT.

! At O'Clock on Monday
1 morning last, the October tern,
OF the 10Th Judicial District
Court of this Parish was opened
by deputy sheriff Howell with
Judge John Ycist On the bench.
and Robt. Selnple, Esq, District
Attorney in attendance. The
entire bar OF this parish compos-
ed of VIM. w. Leake, Robt. G.
Wicklitte, Chas. L. Fisher and
Jos. l.. Golsan, Esqs., were pres
ent. The first duty performed
was that of empannelling the
Grand jury with the following
names: William Tbvs. Rognlio,
Foreman; /. Polatsek, John ID.
Austen, Thomas Jeff Lee,
Charles e. Decker, J. Michel,
w. ID. RoSillio, Saml. Sacker-
man, John Largardie, James
Lee, James jackson, Jacob
Haywood, Ebinezer Schuyler,
John Bailey and Wash Dorsey.
The first naned light members
OF the Jury are whites the bal
ancc colored men. Judge Yoist
delivered a lengthy andcompre-
hensive charge to this body,
whcreupon they proceeded to
work and on the fourth day
submitted the following report
which was received, spread on
the minutes OF the Court and
the jury discharged.
TO the Hon. Judge Of the 18th Judicial
District Court, si:ting in aud for the
Paris Of West Feliciana.
We the UndeTsi gned, ttuIy dra WI and
empanncieu as Grand Jurors in and for
the body Of the Parish of West Frliciana
"n ;he First Monday of octohrr iScu beg
leave respectfully to SUB nj, the follow
| ing. our tii.al report:
We have examined the Court House
and yard, and the Parish Jail. We find
| that there is no fence around the Court
| House yard, in conSrq nence of which fact,
! stock can not DO prevented from gong
| into the yard at will
| The J:,i! we found wei kept, 80 far as
| cleanliness and attention to the. prisoners
are tnDctTl'c'- 1 ne jail HbOT, III bo'
| rooms, particularly il the tront, or first
ronm--that directly facing thr gate. is in
| very bad condition. The sheet iron Wien
put down WAS nailed to Il mass of loose
| bric;<s, mortar aud rnhb;sh, and the rails
can he pulled out an,l the iron sheets
pulled up at will. Besides the possinili-
| ty Of the escape OF prisoners by this
| means, the loose brick bats un !er he
floor Cslcct from furnishes prisoners with
| ~,
which t., assam; the ;ai! officers. The
jail fence also needs repairs. The pump
! in The jail CiSte!n has not, SO We were in
! formed by the iailoT, been i'll working
! order for over IA year. From the Same
| source we learn tina the clstern leaks
badly, often causing the jA;lrr to procure
water from other sources for the use of
| the prisoners.
! We beg further to report that, after
! fai.Lful and iiil!g"nt enquiry, and in
| vcstigatio ion. from ;iidavitS, infniInatious
| from the DiS,rIct Attorney AID the cir
| cnmStances Of oar own knowledge, of
| crin'cs and miSleueannrs cOln1Hitted
| wi'Iiin the Parish we have found the fol
! lowing trmc bills to-wit: Carrying con-
| cealch weapons. seven; rape, one forge
Iy one: assault with a dangerous weap-
ON, seven: cruelty to nlnlals. rw"; wan
! ton and li;llicious killing of Il iula,,,
one murder, four: lArrcn-. ore.
We have ignored the follow icG accusa-
| tions: Joshua johnson, for assault ana
battery: Jake Morgan, for larceny: J Il
Cantield ct ais, for rs aUlt and bate y
and assault with II dangerous weapon:
Oliver Diygs and Mary DiGy>, for assault
with Il dangerous weapons; Nelson
RhoIes for murders; c \ Ball. tor
s,ultiug and resisting constable; GEO
Baicr. for assanting "iIh u dangerous
weapon: Jas II BeJ!, for forgery.
We have examined the case of the State
VS. l. SnEntlcrs Austen and " Il Piia:e>.
reSpc"tfi,lly just ce OF the FoHce ana Con
stable Of the 5th ward, and in t',r ease OF
the State vs. | e Feed, and tiud fl' hey
have been guilty Of gross neGl . ace i'll
the discharge Of their durics Amos
amounting to Inalfeasancc. In III" c'sr
of VIM Camphei', charged with ass 'ult
with Il damgrroES ~ea,'ou, the wltres's y
have left their places of residence before
subptI:uas could be served. and we have
deemed it proper to leave tAc case for the
action of the District Attorney.
Having concluded alt the work a"pcar
ing to come within the range of "l'' In-
ties we submit his our final report @ id
respectfully beg to he discharged.
In our next issue full report
OF all cases coming up an /
tried will be given.