The sea coast echo., 1903-12-05
CIRCUIT COURT NOTES.

Circuit Court adjourned Wednesday,
after a ten-day session, to convene again
in special session on the first Monday IN
January. The following are among tne
i'm portant and interesting cases calieo'
After The Echo had gone to press
Saturday night the jury IN the case OF
Mrs, J, X. Edwards & Sons versus Mrs.
d. H. Boyle, rendered judgment IN
favor Of the plaintiff to the amount OF
$372.56 as prayed for. The case in gen
eral and briefly set is as follows: The
amount involved is the balance due on a
bill of lumber purcl ased from the Ed
wards firm by Mrs. Boyle last spring for
the building of the Tulane Hotel OF which
she is the proprietress. OF this amount
Mrs. Boyle alleged an overcharge OF
St87. 90; that Messrs. Edwards had made
her an estimate for the lumber necessary
to construct her building, and that their
original figures were now in excess OF
the amount aforementioned while Messrs
Edwards contend more lumber than was
originally intended had been nsed; that
Mrs. Boyle had ordered through her
builder and accepted $t87.00 worth more
of lumber than had been estimated at
Fl, st: that the estimate was based on a
certain bill of lumber and not on a bill
which made the purposes specific for the
complete wood construction OF the Tu-
lane Hotel.
After celebrating one hour and hall,
the jury in the case of DR.. L. II. Won
Gohren versus Eugeue Dupre for 5000
damages. rendered verdict in favor OF
the defendant late Tuesday afternoon.
The suit grew out of collision OF Dr.
Won Gohren's buggy, occupied by him
self, and tally-ho owned by Mr.. Dupre
and driven at the time by colored man
in his employ, on Second street late one
evening after dark, one year and one
month ago. DR.. Won Gohren alleged the
bally-ho was reeklessly driven into his
vehicle and as result he was thrown to
the ground, falling on his back, that the
shock has not only impaired his health
ever since but caused incurable disease
TO set in and the loss of his hearing, re-
sulting in his inability to persue his pro-
fessional practice and thereby not only
has his health been impaired but his
practice as well, and for this he sougp
damages in the amount named. - n,
were had before f.Ald Fl,
Judge w. M. Denny, Judge Nepre- ed
being member of the law Z service
senting Mr.. Dupre at thr ~ days in
was secured. There bei4own wheth- fix
which to appeal, it igP to superior an
er the case will bS Fle impression is ac
court or not, h "S>w refi'aihs. co
that it will ps.S State versus sylves- ha
In the olored cutting with With intent; ii tent tn
ter Pie the defendant plead guilty w
en- arraigned, Judge Mcdonald on &c
nday morning sentenced him to inn al
sonment in the State penitentiary for p'
arm OF ten years. 1t will be remem- OF
ed, as chronicled in last weeks Echo, nj
Monday night of last week, Novem- W
28th, Sylvester Pierre fell into diff ST
llty with John Marshall, colored, at 81
, corner of Hancock and Goodchildren te
eets, Pierre cutting him fifteen inches L
ross the abdomen, after which the IL
,tim was taken to the New Orleans d
larity Hospital. Tuesday evening
hn Marshall died, and on Wednesday
,rning the Court of its own motion set
de the plea of guilty and sentence
retofore entered, and ordered defen-
mt to custody of sheriff of Hancock
unity to await the action of the Grand
ry, it appearing to the Court that
hn Marshall, the person injured, had
nee died. The sentence of ten years
r cutting with intent now being set .
ide. it remains for the Grand Jury to
ing in charge of murder against Pierre
# which he will have to be tried. From
'stimony given by witness Monday, the
utting was done without cause or justi-
cation and was cold -blooded. John 7
[arshall, a public hack driver, was driv- s
lg around the corner with number of