The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-09-20
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District Court.

District Court.
Third Week of the Term Report Of the
/ business Disposed 81.
To-day closes the third week OF the Sep
i TENDER term of our District Court and
ends the period of service for which Jurors
were summoned. We append condensed
statement Of the business disposed of from
i the conclusion of our last report to date:
CIVIL MATTERS.
Jerome Thompson Us. Sarah Pearl, his
wife; suit for divorce; judgment by de.
j fault.
Leeds q Co., Us. Mrs. M. Israel & Co.
civil jury case; continued until next term
! CRIMINAL MATTERS.
Trial, convictions and sentences were Sc.
| cured in the following cases: Chas. Viii.
liams, attempt to commit rape, six months
in the penitentiary; Louis Holmes, assault
and battery, So fine and costs or thirty
days in Jail; Thos. Mcneil, manslaughter;
Ceph Carroll. manslaughter; Largie Rich
ardson, shooting with intent to kill, three
years in the penitentiary; Gilbert Pagan,
murder, without capital punishment, PEN
itentiary for life; Albert Dorsey, assault
| and battery, five hours id Jail.
Mistrial: Geo. Garnet, petit larceny.
Tried and acquitted: John Kuf11n, muir
der.
Continued until next term: Abner Har-
ris, murder; D'Evereaux Jones, embezzle-
ment; F. Walter, assault and battery;
Moses Amos, assault and battery; Alcide
London, assault with dangerous weapon,
etc.; John B. Skill, grand larceny; Leroy
Jenkins, assaulting and resisting an officer;
Alex starks, assault and battery; John
Henderson. woun.aaing less than mayhem;
Nat. Steele, assaulting with dangerous
weapon;. r. Landman, murder; GEO. H.
Glover, manslaughter: Ns,,sson Washington,
extortion and oppression in Office; Gsc.sstave
Poydras, obtaining money under false pre-
lenses; Charles Brooks, burglary and larce-
ny; Lena Gowen, petit larceny; Jack John
son, assault and battery; Lucy Coleman,
assault with intent to kill.
The charges against the following ac-
cused, being nearly all for minor offenses,
were discontinued by nolle pros; Anaer-
son Williams, Henry Williams, Amos La
nous, Sarah Hall, Jack Jones, VIM. Will
son, Sam Cheney, Malvina Kye, Prosper
Melancon, Joe Wilson, Rodolph Smith, G..
I. Jamison, Alfred julien, Luke Eris, John
Collins, Peter Burns, Anatole Jones, Alex.
Wallace, Isom Dale, Ben. Hill, Bill Davis,
Manette Isom, james Smith, Schuyler
Brasset, Fernand Lanoix, Ben. Lewis.
Rodolph Landman, charged with murder,
has been released on bond of $4,000 for
his appearance at next term, and DE.
Jones, accused of embezzlement has fur
nished bond of $1,000, these cases having
been continued.
The following matters have been fixed
for trial during the coming week:
Tuesday-Motions for new trial in Cephas
Carroll and Gilbert Pagan cases; Sheriff
and Tax Collector Us. Henry Hether, suit
to enforce collection of parish licence; G.
E. Nesmith Us. John jackson; F. Rodeillat
rs. Peter Wagner.
Wednesday-Helen Dupuy, wife of Dodd |
Smith ct ais Us. e. Bergeron ct ais.
At the close Of business to-day court adj
iourned until next Tuesday. We believe |
several sentences were passed ON convicted |
parties to-day not included in the foregoing
report, but as orr space is already fully
'aken up We shall defer mention Of these
cases until next week.