The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-22
Our Sheriff in a New Role.
He deliberately violates the law by denying
citizens their legal rights.


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In order to protect ourselves against
certain influence which had been sys-
temaetieally used against us for months
past, we found ii necessary to publish
| the following notice
no Our Friends and Patrons.
We wish to call tile attention of the
friends and patrons Of the COURIER to
the necessity of their being on the
alert, in the matter of judicial pnbliea-
tions, (sheriff's sales especially, as a
neglect on their part to give positive
Instructions as to where they desire
such advertisement published, is apt to
result in our being deprived of the pa
tronage that would otherwise he given
to MS The sheriff of this parish has
been making himself especially jealous
in the matter of securing sIieriff's sales
for the paper of which he is director
and stockholder, and several publica-
tions of that nature have appeared in
that paper which the parties interested
would have selected to be done in the
COURIER, had they been consulted;
and others have been diverted from us
at the special solicitation of the sheriff
or his deputies serving the papers in
the matter of seizures
To those who prefer to patronize any
other paper In this parish we have no
desire to interfere with their prefer
enees, but our friends who wish to
favor US with their patronage are
earnestly requested to see that the
proper officers are Instructed to have
the publication done in the COURIER
and they are especially warned against
allowing themselves to be induced TO
consent that the advertisement should
be done N some other paper.
While the sheriff Of this parish has
been nsing the Influence of his Office to
vent petty spite against this paper by
depriviDg US of sucA publications as he
could divert to the aper of which he is
stockholder and Il Nember of the board
of diTectors-Whicli act, of itself, was
very small piece of business for the
sheriff of the great parish of St. Landry
to be engaged in, it must be admitted,
still his last exploit in that line caps the
climax and throws all his past achieve
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,,. uienes y sne snaue, aha we think .ne
puoiic ougils g 6eoW ~ Tue iacts ID tlle
case WIaea are as ioiioWs
On Thursday morning of last week,
the attorneys representing the defend
ants IN the case OF &C. Flower VS.. A..
c. Prejean ct ais. instructed us to call
at the sheriff. Office for the advertise
ment of the sale that was to be made,
and publish the same ln our issue OF
that Week. On calling for the adyer-
tlsement, sherlff tontenot informed US
that ne had instructions from the de-
PENDANTS to publish TINS sale IN the CIa-
rion We reported this fact to the de-.
fendants' attorney, who was much SUR
prlsed, lnasmueh as Mr.. PreJean had OF
MS own free VII selected the COURIER
ana SAID seleGIfon meeting the entire
approval OF his attorneys, It was agreed
tIat the sale should be published 10 the
COURIER.
Under the suspicious circumstances
81 the case, we concluded lt was pfoRegg
to slf6fhis little matter TO the bottom,
and at once dispatched messenger to
Mr. Prelean, who resides aoont 10 miles
from here, Tor the purpose OF ascertain
ing 4 he had authorized the sheriff to
give the sale to the Clarion and if he
hati not, then TO bring back a written
order on the sheriff TO have the sale adj
vertised ln Z he COURIER.
The messenger fetnrned late Thurs
DAY night, and reported thai Mt. Pre-
Jean had notanfhofized the publication
OF me sale IN the CLARION on the con.
trary, that when the deputy sheriff
tWaliio1 had endeaVnred to get his con-
sent to do so, he had referred him to
ms attorneys 70 Opelousas. The mes
senger also brought the written order
on me sfieiiIi I11 nave the saie publisaed
~ the Courier, and not ln the Clarion,
TINS ofaef oelng signed pr Dotl the de-
fendants y me case and by two Wit
.nesses.
Early Fiiday morning we called at.
the sllerI1I 9 once and ionnd that the.
sllefln ilaa not returned from break
fast, and the deputy ID charge did not.
feel aathoTizea 70 aet, stating that the
sheTiH Wonld pc u 10 slort While.
- about So minutes iile sisf aH arrived,
,inn No lais,l.llsu i.lln q l,il ellauu'
bIr. Feptepot replfed tl,at he would
not give Us tbs sale, as he was aa-
thorized 10 publish IL fn The Clarion.
We quietly inforIned sheriff Fontenot
that We had the best of reasons for
knowing TINT the defendants in the
case desired The sale published in the
CouRrFR Whnrer1Dnn Mr. r. IN Il sof1a-