The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-02-14

favor of the Consolidated Association of
plaintiffs Souvenir plantation in this
| parish, or show cause to the contrary on
the 2Jth inst.
CRIMINAL MATTERS.
Dennis Frazier, assault and battery;
| convicted by jury and remanded to await
| sentence.
Richard Nolan, concealed weapons; plead
guilty; IS fine or five days in jail; paid
fine.
Sam Jones, Bailey Johnson, Julien John
son and Thos. Williams, burglary and
larceny; convicted by jury and remandcd to
await sentence.
Rudolph Landman, murder; District
Attorney Gaudet moved for new bond on
the ground that Ben. Gibson, one of the
sureties, is dead and his succession utterly
insolvent; no opposition was made to the
motion. accused furnishing a new bond
with G. B. Reuss as surety instead of Ben.
Gibson.
Mary Washington, assault and battery;
waived Jury and convicted by the court; $3.50
fine or twenty -four hours in jail !; paid fine.
| Scott Wiley, horse stealing; waived jury
and convicted by the court; five years in
the penitentrary.
Jack Montgomery and George Barber,
petit larceny-stealing logs, waived jury
| and acquitted by the court; Jonas Carroll
witness in this case, was fined 81 for not
| obeying summons to appear.
Frank Benjamin, petit larceny; waived
jury and convicted by the court; fifteen
| days IN Jail.
Vim. Ward and Parlor Summers, petit
larceny; the change against Summers was
,solle pressed; Ward waived jury and was
acquitted by the court.
Bill Humphrey, petit larceny; nol,e pros.
court.
WIN. Henderson, assault with intent to
commit rape; accused failing to appear his
| bond was forfeited: Louis Butler, surety.
John Henderson,-; bond forfeited;
+. H. Davis, surety.
David Jackson, assault with dangerous
weapon; forfeited of bond set a side and
| new bond of 500 furnished; case fixed for
the 18th aud subsequently reassigned for the
| Goth lnst.
Roealie Ross, petit larceny; nolle pros.
Julien Lee, burglary and larceny, etc.,
continued from the 18th to the 21st inst, on
affidavit alleging absence of John Lewis,
material witness for the defense.
Louis Verret, assault and battery; plead
guilty; 81 80 fine or FIVE days in jail; fine
paid.
Adam Bennett, murder of Sandy Pol
lard on the Lnwood place; tried by jury
yesterday and acquitted.
Wilson Thomas, assault and battery;
plead not guilty and bond fixed at $1O0.
Several matters set for consideration dur
ing the past week were reassigned fo,<
future dates and are inelnded in the record
OF cases fixed for trial which We publish be-
low.
Bench warrants have been issued for the
apprehension of the following accused:
George Solomon. shooting with intent to
murder; George Williams, assault and bat
terry; George White, assault and battery;
leila Thompson, obtaining goods under
false pretenses; Wilson Howard, petit lar
ceny; Alex. Stark; Nelson Washington,
extortion in Office; Ned Gallon; VIM.
Davis, murder; Wastley Gautreau, Paul
Joseph and Charles Johnson, murder;
Charles Moss, assault with intent to kill.
Informations have also been filed against
Adeline Ridley for petit larceny; Julien
Lee, assault and battery; Polk Dorsey, a.
sault by wilfully shooting at, bat no
further action in the cases has been taken
to date.
Albert Brandy, Justice of the Peace for
the sixth ward. charged with extor:ion in
Office, forge. to appear last week and his
bond was forfeited: but he subsequently
rerOrled aud furnished a new bond hence