The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1884-05-10
REPORT OF THE GRAND
JURY.

JURY.
To Tie Honorable tAs Jsdge Of the
AIaeexhetk ,Dityict Govt - ana
for TIE HavisA IF kefossoke:
Yoar Grand Jsrors duly i~upauaelled AMI
sworn to investigate the crimes and matters
Ut import to the Parish of Lafourche beg
leave to submit this their NAL report.
1t is evident from the many bills brought
in by your Grand Jurors and from the very
heavy criminal docket Of cases pending now
before this honorable court, that crime Is
more GU the Increase than on the decrease.
Your Grand Jurors have endeavOrcd to ascer
tain AS tar aSwas in their power the cause of
crime bein. rampant and your Grand Jurors
have come to the con: llsiOn that the cause is
on account If the laxity OF petty Jurors
in Meetilg Oat Substantial justice to those sc
cuscd Of crimes. Your Grand Jurors are full
~ convinced that if the crime ofcarrying con
ceAled weapons, upOn which your honor gave
to your Grand Jurors SO lucid and cOgent u
charge was considered as baneful by petty
Jurors as it really IL, they would not treat
the charge and those presented to them to
stand their trial upon said charge with So
much leuity.
Werc the law of carrying concealed weapons
doing etfrctualiy suppressed many precious
lives to the State would I've preserved aud
iuany Serious wounds lie old Your
Grand Jurors nj e. maxim. the above suy.es
ton. f.ui svIne slight hesitation in cOntinu.
lns ia the same sta ain tUr the tact is before
them that prete ing, Grand Jnries co,nl.O-
sed Ut men vi Intelligence aud weight have
made si.gcstiO,s wllicii were doomed to he
pigeon lUl, d and 10 future attention paid to
them hence, tue cause Of ht But
still your G.a nt: Jurors ind they have u du
~ IL perform and whether tins, their =, port.
meets The same fate as he many which nave
rr,ccutu it is no for them to debate.
The terrible cIiaAnlty which has het.l EN-
this l,i isl, by which. nearly tue whole vi the
Iert,.e lands witlia her borders are given up
I" TIL raging water goes to show that the re-
COMMUNICATIONS of ivrllrr Grand Jurors
ought Ia have received some. con ~ideraiIuD
from those who we've the yuArui.us Vi the
Parish.
Former Grand Juries have condemned in
terms As rigO' GUS AS langua2e can make 1t
the rulnous custom Of parties burdering gu
n1vlgable streams, under every pretext no mat
ter how slight and to SUIT their own pei suual
convenience OF cutting the ievtes and without
Judgment and often tunes with great careless
ness closing the gaps made by them. Your
GRAND Jurors, AS their predecessors have
done, once more call upon the legislature to
enact some Jaw that viii render these levees,
our only protection. intact and inviOlabic.
Your GRAND Jurors do not consider them
selves called u!Un to Il, lict the suffrriuys OF
TIE many Homeless uld ctr ing i.habitUmls
vi Tins PARISH who ARE AUw forced FROM their
homes with their lew household goods to
SEEK shelter from the angry waters.
G~cnt.emen of tanIiu. and experience
have presented themselves before your
Grand Jurors and demon trated that BY clean
ing the variOu, outlets vi Lake Ouaclia cuu.-
monty known as lake Salvador, the said GU:
lets would he sufficient to carry OF, ii not all, |
1T least. the greater PORTION vi the waters
coming from tue Davis crevasse !; We would
tho Police Jury to adopt these
gentlemen & views and enueavOr to force the
unrIiy waters to their natural course for tn.
present instead Ut taking their natural course
10 the SEA are, as it were, running w stream
aud avoiding ills natural channel. /
1Our Grand Jurors have examined the pub
nc buildings which they find in good order
win the exception vi the Jail, which, though
ticaniy Kept, Is i'll need of repairs, consisting
;nieny OF want Of a new flooring. III prison
- ale well ied and are contcuted with their
as lar as beings deprived Of their liberty
oe. The various offices are we'll kept, the
'Mcers courteous aud 0bliging the finances
u The PARISH are. MS usual, in y very flourish.
ny condition having in the Treasury the sam
Name Thousand Dollars.
VI the levees your Grand Jurors under ex.
sung circumstances deem it best to say moth
ng.
As regards the roads of the Paris h thew are
fIrMer Grand Juries nave reported the,u
cry little work being dome on them AMI thu
aws regulating the keeping up OF the roads
'e,ng considered iu effect Us though not writ
en. Your Graud Jurors know that there
re road inspectors receiving annual salaries,
ppointed by the Police Jury aud, although
one are Individually charged with any ne
lect OF duty, yet it Is evident that they can
ot enforce the laws, therefore your Grand
urors respectfully suggest to the Pulicr
nry, OF the Parish Of Ls.fOurche, the advisn.
l'ity Of sbOlishing the Office Of road inspec-
Or until such time as the laws for luaintaiL.
lg roads can be enforced.
various complaints have been made to us
I the wllfni maLNer in which captains of
navigating the bayou LafourcLe
estroy the levees when during low water
ley endeavOr to turn boats which are en-
rely dlsprOpOrtiOnate to the width of the
We specially call the attention nf
le prosecuting officer to their conduct. AMI
that he will deal with them accnrdinr
, law. = s
Trusting, with a faint hope, that the above
isgestions WILL not meet the same fate as
ANY that have gone before, your Grand Ju-
'rs return their sincere thanks to the Honor.
oe Judge and to the officers of court far
lelr assistance rendered them in the nerfnrrn
ace Of their duty. =
Respectfully Submitted,
A. j. PERRIN,
Foreman, Grand jury.