Richland beacon., 1885-05-02
u. 5. Court Items.
Monroe Bslletin.

WessenberS n Go. " Spur, against
S. Meyer for so 600 damages was
last Thursday morning.
Plautilfs sued for the wrongful ut
tachment by Meyer OF their property.
The jury awarded $1,000. Messrs.
Stubs & Russell and Potts Il Hudson
for plaintiffs, and Messrs. NJ. j. lid
dell and r. Richardson and Boatner
l. Boatner for defendants.
The case of W. H. Shields vs..
Carpenter & Dix and Carpenter 4
Dix VS.. w. H. Shields, consolidated,
was submitted to the Court last
Friday morning. Both parties claim
the possession of public landing on
the Mississippi river in Concordia
parish, known as Good Hope, under
lease and took out counter injunction
proceedings against being disturbed
IN the possession. Hon. j. Randolph
Tucker, of Virginia, and Judge
Hiram r. Steele, of Matches, Miss,
appeared for Shields and Hon. G. j
Boatner and Col. Wade r. Young, of
Vicksburg, Miss, for Carpenter &
Dix. The case was ably argued on
both sides and attracted considerable
attention. Judge Boarman has not
yet rendered an opinion.
The Lake Providence mail robbery
case was taken up Friday. Three of
the accused were arraigned and plead
not guilty. A severance was grant
ell i'll the case and Panl Jones, late
Postmaster at Lake Providence, was
first put upon his trial. Messrs. Lude-
ling 4 Stillman represents the pris-
Oners.
The further trial of the case was
laid over until Monday. 1t was taken
up again on that day and has occu-
pied the time of the Court since.
The trial of all the cases will not be
concluded before next week.
On Friday R. w. Milestone, of
Oak Ridge, and G. W. Hearte, of
Rastrop, plead guilty to violating
the Internal Revenue Laws and were
each fined $1,000 and cost by the
Court, they having previously settled
the claim of the government against
them for license.
Quite novel and at the same time
interesting damage suit has been filed
in Judge Boarman's Court. Judge
Wade H. Hough,- who was the Re-
publican candidate for Judge of the
Ninth Judicial District of this State,
composed of the parishes of Tensas
and Concordia, at the last general
election, is plaintiff and G. c. Gold
man, returning officer, and John
Murdoch, c. c. Cordill, W. G. Young,
Joseph Curry, w. NJ. Davidson and
J. G. Curry, commissioners of cleo
ton Of Tensss parish, are the defen-
dants. Tue papers have been served
and the case will probably come up
for triaf at the present term of the
Court. Judge Hough lays his damages
at $34,5OO and alleges in support Of
his action:
Petitioner, Wade n Hough, a citizen of
Natchez, Miss, where he has removed since
the election, represents that he was a candi>
date for Judge Of the Ninth District of Louis-
lima at an election held in April, 1854, and
was elected ty from fifteen hundred To two
thousand majority. In Concordia parish the
returning officer and commissioners, although
political opponents, gave him fortsen hundred
and :ory n,aJority, winch was several hun.
dred less than HI. real majority. In Tensas
parish there were three thousand eight hun~
dred and tweDiy-two votes returned as cast
Of which he was accorded only three hundred
and fifteen, and his opponents was returned
as elected in the district by seventeen huns
dred and fifteen majority.
HE avors that nearly the whole parish Of
Tensas was under water and had been sOY
weeks, atd not over SO votes were cast; tina,
the returns made by Goldman were false, ille-
GAL fraudulent and malicious. and he knew
them TO be, as did several Of the commission
ers appointed by him 10 mako such fraudu-
lent returns and aid and abei him. Petition,
ers aver he has before and since the war been
elected to many honor able, responsible and
lucrative Offices, and was Judge of she late
Thirteenth Judicial District nearly twelve
consecutive years; that some time during 1892
certain damaging and derogatory charges were
put in circulation affecting his moral character
and fitness for judge, with view to deprive
him Of the samei that on account OF anguish,
mental torment, grief and chagrin, aud the
probable fastening Of his la to wife to pre-
mature grave, and by the failure to vindica,e
his character by reelection, caused by the
fraudulent returns made by Goldman ct ais,
he has suffered damages amounting to $4,000,
in addition to Sl2 900 loss Of salary, and in
the funher sam Of two thousand and five
hundred dollars attorneys fec"
Tensas election methods have been
discussed extensively by the paess
and the proceedings in this case will
therefore be watched with interest.