The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-12-05
District Court.

The late term of our district cOurt
closed mt dark Thursday evening, after
a session Of fifteen days. In a criali-
nal docket of about forty cases, %
were finally disposed Of-10 by cOnvic-
ton, I2 10y acqnittal, by nolle prose
qui, and 2 10y quaslIing Indictment.
The civil docket was disposed of by
trying IL cases, transferring 4 to the
dead docket, and continuing 30.
Following are the cases tried and the
disposition made of each:
L. McNeeiy ct al Vs. Sol Kraft ct al, M. NJ. A.
tiff for property and $3.50 damages. ''''
W. d. Hod. Ell vs.. J. l.. Fletcher, dismissed at
cost OF plaintiff.
w. II. Hodnett VS.. Ben Chelette, dismissed at
X. II. Williamson vs. Turner Brookins, dis.
b. II. Phillips VS.. Joseph Terrier, judsm snt by
Josie q. Ragan, wife, VS.. Hosea NJ. Raglan, hus-
band, judgment granting divorce.
Marion Shumate VS.. Il. l.. ard Eliza Craig, dis
missed at plaintiffs cost,
q. =. Johnston, agent, vs. Bosin Wallace. Nc
Knight d McNeely intervenors, Charles Wallace
iitervenor. In this case three days were taken
resulting IL the motion beng overruled, and
leaving matters in statu quo, as at first.
J. Kemp, Jr., VS.. Fannie J. Sullivan. judgment
Il: W. Bolton VS.. Uriah Riley. judgment by
confession.
Ii. v. Mccain d Bro VS.. James Taylor, judy
Gumbel BROS. Meyer VS.. Thos Carter, judy
mellt tor Plaintiff.
G. W. Bolton vs. James A. Bradford. iud yment
The following cases were transferred to the
d ead docket:
G; II. Teal ct al VS. G; H. Mpmford.
Albert Baldwin VS. Mert dith Calhoun.
Nelson McStea vs. NJ. Calhoun.
ID. G. Paul vs. Parish of Grant
His honor, Judge OvertOn, and all
attorneys attending court from n dis
tancr, left before Wight on Friday
morning, in time to catch the o'clock
train at Royce.
The following is the report of the
grand jury:
TWELFTH JUDICIAL DIsThrcr Couar,
PARISH OF GRANT.
To the Honorable the Judge Of the i2ih Judi
ciai Dist, let of LoH,siama, Holding Cosrf
in and for 'he Parish Of Grant:
The grand inquest of the parish of
Grant. duly elected, impaneled and sworn
to inquire in and for the said parish, at
the November, 1885, term Of your honor
able court beg leave to report as follows:
They have had reported to them A
cases which they have examined and
disposed Of as follows: They have found
true bills in % cases. They have found
no true bills in l9 cases.
They have examined the clerks and
sheriff's offices, the Jail and court house.
They find the offices well kept and the
Jail in as good condition as possible.
They condemn the room above the Jail,
used as grand jury room, as unfit for
the purpose. There are no window sash,
chairs or tables in the room, and they
recommend that it be made comfortable
They suggest that the sheriff be ordered
to have the necessary work done, II chairs
bought and good table made, and that
the police jury be directed to reimburse
him therefor.
They return herewith list of cases in
which they have found no bills.
They report that for two or three days
after the grand jury is impaneled it is
unable to do any work for the reason that
the jury has TO wait while the sheriff
summons the witnesses, and while the
witnesses are coming in. They recon-
mend that the justices of the peace send
their criminal papers to the clerk at least
a week before the first day of the court,
and that the clerk then issue the subpoena
for the witnesses to appear before the
grand jury, and that the sheriff serve
these subpenas before court, SO the grand
jury can go to work Immediately. We
are informed that this plan is followed in
the parish OF Avoyelles, and that it saves
trouble to the sheriff, money to the
parish, and time to the grand jury.
We now ask to be relieved.
j. B. WILMUT, Foreman.