The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-06-03

election they were not residents within COR
rorate limits of said town of Lafayette, no,
| were they registered as required by law, and
| that all of said persons were non-residents
| of said town, and not qualified to vote al
! said election; that each of said persons,
though their right to vote challenged
and denied at the polls, was permitted to
vote and did vote at said election; that they
each and every one voted for the class of
candidates and every one voted for the class
of candidates and ticket IF VIM. Campbell,
and Satterfeld, Caillouet, J. o. Mouton, A.
Cayard, A. NJ. Martin, Clause and Guche-
reau; that on account of the illegal voting
of said persons plaintiffs desire to contest.
and do now contest the election of council
men of the town of Lafayette, for the term
ending May, 1895. of the following named
persons who have been enormously returned
elected, viz: I. n. Satterheld, a. T. Gail
louet, ]. o. Mouton and A. Cayard; and
they further contest and deny the claim of
of A. NJ. Martin to tie vote with Alfred
Bonnet and James Hannen, plaintiffs herein;
that said vote and poll being purged by the
rejection of the said eleven illegal votes,
there remains clear majority of the legal
votes cast at said election in favor of each of
your petitioners and they were fairly and
legally elected counclmen for said town for
the'tern ending May, 1895, and judgement
should be rendered accordingly.
They aver that there was fraud and error
in said election, in that, said incompetent
and disqualified voters falsely represented to
the commissioners of said election that they
were residents of the town of Lafayette and
legally qualified voters at said election and
said commissioners were led into by
said false representations, and were thereby
induced to permit said persons to vote in
spite of the challenge, and denial of their
right, made at the time.
Petitioners further show that said Offices
worth to them the sum of seventy-two
dollars.
They further show that defendants have
caused to DE held election on the 22d
day of May, 1895, to decide the tie which
enormously appears the face of the
returns between James Hammer, Alfred Bon
net and A. NJ. Martin and that said A. NJ.
Martin having received nine or more of the
said illegal and incompetent votes. there was
in truth and fact tic between said persons,
but said Bonnet and said Hammer were fair
ly and legally elected councilman at the
election held on the first of May 1894, .and
the election held the 22d of May 1898,
was and is for said reason null, void, and of
effect.
Petitioners further show that no regular
term of your Honorable Court is to be held
in the parish of Lafayette within five weeks
of the time of the filing of the petition, and
it becomes necessary that special term
of cour. be called and held in the manner
provided by law, in the parish of Lafayette,
and plaintiffs desire a jury trial of this case
anil it will be necessary that your honor
should order the jury commissioners to draw
a special panel OF fifty voters of the parish
of Lafayette, from which jury may be
drawn to try this case, as provided by law to
serve as jurors for said special term.
Wherefore premises considered petitioners
further pray that Isaih ". Satterlicld, Az
gustus Cali'uet, John .. Mouton, ALDER,
Cayard and Andrew NJ. Martin be daily cited
to answer this petition; that after due proof
of the premises the votes of said CASTOR
Landry, r. J. Smith, Frank Clark, Odrcssi
llcbcrt, Gabrielle Bcaslle, Henry Clark, J.
a. Lcbcsquc, T.. J. or \. J. Ross, 6. l..
Schcr!,s, J. ~ Danas or Danos and G. w.
Thornton, be rejected ane, deducted from
the number of volcs shown by the returns,
to have been received by Sa,crtield, Cal
louct, Moutor, Cayard and Martin, and that
they be adjuelged and decreed not to have
been elected councimen, and that your pc
titioners bc adjudgcd and decreed duly
elected as councilmcn Of said town to serve
for the term ending May, 1895, or until
their SUCCESSORS are qualried; that jury be
granted them AMI that they DC indicted into
said Office with the right to exercise all the
rights and authority thereto appertaining.
They pray for pcnsral relief in the
premises.
BY their attorneys,
THOS. II. LEWIS,
CHAS. ID. CAFFEEY.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, }
Parish of Lafayette. :
Before me sworn the undersigned authori-
ties came and appeared Frank C.. TRAY
and Henry Church, who being duly sworn
depose and say, the allegations of the fore