St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-10-22


| America, in and for the county and district
| aforesaid. upon their oath present that Charles
J. Guiteau, late of the county and district
aforesaid. on the second day of july in the
year of our Lord one Thousand eight bundre |
and eighty-one, with force and arms, at and in
the county and district aforesaid, in and upon
| peace of God and Of the United States of
| America then aud there being, teloniously,
wllituily, and OF his malice aforethought, did
! make assault, and that said Charles J Guil eau
| witha certain pistol of the value OF five dollars
! tEen and there charged with gunpowder an /
! leaden bullet, which said pistol, he, the said
| Charles j. Guiteau in his right hand, then and
| there had and held. then and there teluni-
| ously, wliltully, and of his malice afore-
| thought, did discharge and shoot Off to, against
ana upon said James A. Garfield; and that
said Charles }. Gulteau, with a lealen bullet
aforesaid, out of the pistol aforesaid. then and
there, by force Of the gunpowder aforesaid
by Charles J. Guiteau discharged and shot of
as aforesaid then and there feloniously. will
1uliy, and of his malice aforethonght. did
strike penetrate and wound him. the said
James A Garfield. giving to him, the
with eaden bullet aforesaid, so as afore-
said discharged and shot out of the pis-
tol aforesaid, by said Charles }. Guiteau.
him, The said James A. Garfield, one mortal
wound of depth of six inches and of
breadth OF one inch; of which said mortal
wound he, the said James A. Garfield from
the said second day of July in the year last
aforesaid until the nineteenth day of Septem-
Der in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-one, at aud in the county
and district aforesaid did languisn, and
iaugulshlng did live, on which said nineteenth
day OF Septem Der in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. at
ana IN the county and district aforesaid, the
sad James A. Garfield, of the mortal wound
aforesaid, died.
The second count is precisely like the first.
with the exception of the last clause, which
reads: "Of which said mortal wound, he the
ly died.
In the third count the last clause is varied as
follows: "Of which said mortal wound, he the |
said James A. Garfield. from the said second !
day or July in the year last aforesaid until the |
nineteenth day of September. in the year of |
our LORD one thousand eight hundred and |
eighty one. as well at, and in the county and |
district aforesaid, as at and in the county of |
Monmouth and State of New jersey, did Ian
gulsh, and languishng did live, on which said !
lstn day OF september, in The year of our Lord |
1881, at and in the county of Monmouth, and |
the State Of New Jersey aforesaid the said |
James A. GARFIELD. of the mortal wound afore-
Seid, died.
The fourth count is identical with the third,
except that it omi1s the last twelve words of |
the final clause and substitutes the following
-to-wlt: AT and in the county of Washing
ton and District OF Columbia, said James A.
carried, OF the mortal wound aforesaid"
Inc only variation in the fifth count is
change i'll the order of mention of the places
where death is said to have occurred, the
county OF Washington and District of Column
Dla being put first.
The sixth count is like the third except in
recltlng that the otfense charged was com
mitted in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
depot III the city of Washington, which build
ing stands, and at tina time stood. on the
ground belonging to and under the exclusive
jurisdiction OF the United States. The seventh
count repeats the recital of the sixth, with
regard to the place where the otfenSe was
fourth.
The eighth count also repeats the recital of
the sixth with regard to the place where the
assault occurred, and is in all other respects
lik e the fifth.
The ninth count is varied by the introduce
non OF recital that the district in which the
oHense charged was committed constitutes
J Judicial Circuit CT the United States, and that
the county of Monmouth and State of New
j Jersey, where the said James A. Garfield died
forms part of a judicial Circuit of the United
sta! es other than the judicial Circuit or the
y nlted States consisting OF the District Of
.oldnipla. IN all other respects this count is
like the third.
The tenth count recites that the district in
Whlch the otfense was committed constitutes ,
4 judicial District of the United States, and
hat the State of New Jersey, within the lin
is OF which the said James A. Gartieli died, ,
judicial d strict Of the United
states other than the Judicial district OF the
niied states consisting Of the District of
,oiumbla. IN other respects this count is like
he one Immediately preceding.
The eleventh and last count is repetition ;
And that thereafter-ro-wit: on The twenty :
lrst day Of September, in the year of our Lord {
me thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, S
ne DEAD body of him, said james A. Garfield, {
vas removed from said county of Monmouth
ma State of New jersey. and brought into the
ounty OF Washington and District of Column |
'la within which aforementioned county said
lead body of him, the said James A Garfield.
ay and renamed from the twenty-fi. st day of q
september, i'll the year of our Lord one thou T
and eight hundred and eighty-one, until the
wenty-thrd day of September, in the year of '
ur Lord one thousand eight hundred and |
ighty-one.'' .
Each of the eleven counts closes with the
GLOWING formal charge: "And so the Grand c
jurors aforesaid do say that the said Charles q
Guiteau, him, the said James A. Garfield, in {;
ne manner and by the means aforesaid, feloni
usly, willfully. and of his malice afore- t
fought, did kill and murder, against the
)rm Of the statute in such cases made and
rovided, and against the peace and Govern s
tent of the United States Of America