St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-12-13
District Court.

"A jury term OF COufts JuuSo AuuS"
peth presiding, began last Monday. The
grand jury was organized, with K. b.
Sloane as foreman. On Tuesday the
grand jury reported.
NOT TRUE BILL
in the following cases
Albert Patin and Thomas Stewart,
Stephen Jones, Alcee Brignac, for, lar
ceney Charles Richard for assault and
battery Alcee Brignac for burglary.
And on the same day reported
TRUE BILL
in the following cases
William Jones, for murder; Bill Du-
pre-, Oscar Guidry for burglary One
zine Ledoux, 1.-TWO indictments) for
selling liquor to a minor.
On Wednesday was reported
NOT TRUE BILL
in the following cases:
Alcindor jacques for obtaining mon
ey under false pretences; Hilaire Car
riere for larceny.
A TRUE BILL
Against Jede Ardoin for larceny.
On Thursday was reported in the fol-
lowing cases,
NOT A TRUE BILL:
Cleophas Manuel for assault and bate
~ C. T. Andrus for assault Frank
Brown for trespass; Dan Hazard for
larceny William Seidel for carrying
concealed weapons.
And in the following cases
A TRUE BILL:
Joseph Schern, Benjamin Graham, OBJ
tanning goods under false preteDces;
Sam and Isaac Jones, disturbing a
peaceable assembly ; Frank Jones and
Francois Williams, assault and battery:
Frank Brown, (three indictments,) car
rying concealed weapons Fred Green
and Charles Ventress, larceny Henry
Apshire, horstealing.
The ordinance adopted by the police
jury last Monday, by vote of six to
one, submitting the liquor question to a
vote of the people of the parish Of St.
Landry on January Goth, next, was sup
posed to have been modified next day,
by tie vote of reconsideration of four
to four, the president voting to recon
slider. We know of no rule, custom, or
law, that governs delibera4ive or legis-
lative bodies, whereby a law already
passed can be reconsidered by less than
a two-thirds or three fourths vote. In
this case, five votes, including the pre-
siding officer, undid what had been ac-
complished by six votes the day before.
In our opinion, the action Of the police
jury, on Tuesday, in regard to the liquor
ordinance, is null, and the action on
Monday still stands. But the action on
Tuesday simply provides that the cleo
ton shall lie by wards, and not by the
parish at large as far as the language
implies, the only change is in regard to
the manner of holding the election-by
wards, and no one being allowed to vote
out Of his ward. II the aggregate ma
iOrities in all the wards against license,
are greater than the aggregate majori-
ties for license then the sale of liquor
shall be prohibited in the entire parish
and Uice Uersa. This may not be intended
by those who urged an election by
wards but the ordinance was framed
to provide for an election to prohibit
the sale Of liquor in the entire parish OF
st. Landry, and the substance of it was
not changed in the least, by modifica-
tion to hold the election by wards. II
the ordinance should be adopted
against licensing the sale Of liquor, it is
to 60 into effect on the first day of May
1885. AS the matter now stands, We
look upon it as botch and the police
jury should put it in proper shape be.
fore further trouble or expense.
The estimate of expenses for the par.
ish. made by the police jury, at the SEES
sion ast Tuesday. is as follows: