The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-09-19
District Court.
Second Week of the September Term-Re'
port Of the Business Transacted.


Second Week of the September Term-Re-
port Of the Business Transacted.
District Court opened last Monday, pur-
suant to adjournment of the preceding
Friday, and sessions have been held daily
until yesterday, the 18th inst, when an ad-
journment until Monday, the 2lst. was or
dered. Following is record Of business
transacted during the week, excepting such
preliminary matters as filing informations,
issuing bench warrants, and entering of
judgments by default, which arc omitted
on account Of our limited space.
Three second week jurors were excused
from service, viz: j. Richardson. sick;
Aristide Terrio, over age; II. Mollere, by
consent.
CIVIL MATTERS.
w. 4. Bateman rs. VIM. A. Miller,
written judgment of $3.50 and interest,
signed and entered up in favor OF plaintiff.
Mutual National Bank u. Mrs. J. Z. st.
Martin ct ais. Mrs. Louise Bujol, rs. Mrs.
Edmonia Bujol, Mutual National Bank
third opponent; R. N. Sims Us. Mrs E..
Bouchereau, tutrix, tried and taken under
advisement.
Parish of Ascension Us. Henry Hether,
Judgment for plaintiff fori$259 and costs.
Bertrand Beyris Us. Marguerite Sanchez,
judgment for plaintiff for 1886, interest
and costs. ....-.
B. ]. Vests Son & Co., Is. Schatf d Co.,
tried and taken under advisement.
Succession of u. G. Means, Judgment
homologating administrator S account.
I State of Louisiana Is. Henry Hether, H.
cense suit: continued indefinitely.
Mutual National Bank Is. Mrs. J. +. st.
Martin ct ais, Leonise Bujol Is. Mrs. Ed
monia Bujol, Mutual National Bank Us. Mrs.
Edmonia Bujol ct ais, motion for new trial
and rehearing mn exceptions refused.
Fixed for trial-Estelle Williams Is. her
husband, VIM. A. Giles, fixed for the 2lst
inst; Marie Lavigne Is. Ambrose Rou-
geay, 18th; VIM. Rogge Us. Geisman &
Bergeron, 23rd; Widow Jos. Dicharry Is.
s. E. Dicharry, reassigned for the 2lst;
Mrs. E. Bouchereau, tutrix, rs. G. A. La
noix and p. A. Jones, Sheriff, 2lst; w. W..
Buford IS. August Hohensee, reassigned
for 25th; Leon Picard Is. Widow V. A. Gau-
treau, ct als., Oath; Chas. Oberkamp Is.
Lewis Bros, 22nd; Patsy Gaskins rs. Har-
riette Williams, reassigned for oath; Henry
Hether Us. Peter A. Jones, Sheriff and Tax
Collector, reassigned for the 25th; Marie
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CRIMINAL MATTERS.
State Us. Dallas Brown, shooting with in
tent to kill; plea in bar overruled and bill
Of exceptions reserved; fixed for trial on
the 18th and subsequently reassigned for
the oath.
Geo. H. Glover, manslaughter; continued
until next term of court.
DE. Jones, embezzlement; continued I'M
til next term.
Tried and acquitted-Bill Landry, as
sault with intent to murder; Nathan West,
shooting with intent to murder; Isaac
Spiles, shooting with intent to murder;
Moses Williams, murder.
Dismissed by nolle p,os.-Stephen Mar
tin, petit larceny; Mary Washington, petit
larceny; Reuben Wilson,. horse stealing;
Aleck and Fred Scott, assault and battery;
Moses Rena, murder.
Convicted-Joshua Thomas, alias Henry
Kane, horse stealing, accused plead guilty,
and was sentenced to one year in the pen
itentiary; Anne Hill, petty larceny.
Fixed for trial-Moses Fortune, extor-
ton in Office, 2srd; johnson Thomas, in
tiicting wound less than mayhem, 23rd;
Josephine Rodriguez, larceny, Path; Louis
Butler, malicious mischief, reassigned for
the oath; Philip Williams, perjury, 25th;
E. and F. Scott, robbery, 25th; Nelson
Washington, forgery and obtaining money
under false pretenscs 21st
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