The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-10
DISTRICT COURT. !.
Third and Last Week Of the Regular
Criminal Term-Record of Business
Transacted Since Last Report.

4 PRISONERS Sentenced
Sessions Of district court were hell
Monday. Wednesday,, Thursday ane
yesterday, and the docket was cleared
of q number of important criminal an6
| civil cases. Yesterd VS. sitting marked
the close of the regular jury term o
court, but the judicial body will con
vene on Tuesday and Wednesday b
next week for the trial of several minor
cases.
A record Of the business transacted
this week is contained in the following
summary:
CRIMINAL MATTERS.
Sidney Crawford, murder; verdict Of
jury, sguilty, without capital punish.
ment.''
Willie Penrose, cutting and stabbine
with intent TO murder; tried by jury
and convicted of cutting and stabbine
| with a dangerous weapon with intent
to kill.
Chas. King and Joe Meter, alias
friday robbery: withdrew plea oil
not guilty and entered plea of guilty
| to simple assault, which was accepted
by the state.
John Adams, maliciously killing a
horse; $25 Or 30 days, and $50 addi-
tional as payment for the horse, with
an alternative OF 80 days il jail.
Henry Rogers, larceny; pleaded not
guilty and case continued indefinitely
Silas Ross. larceny: pleaded guilty.
James White, assault and battery
SO Or TO days.
Geo. Denham, resisting an officer;
pleaded guilty.
Jas. Dodd and David Ker, shooting
quail out OF season: pleaded guilty and
fined ST per bird, Dodd being assessed
So and Ker SO.
lsom Smith, larceny; pleaded not
guilty and case continued to Nov. IA
Wesley Nicholas, receiving I'M
glDned and seed cotton in the night
time: acquitted.
Wesley Nicholas, violating Sunday
law; convicted and fined $50 or 80 lays.
Sissy Johnson, carrying concealed
weapon; acquitted.
J5ehha- 2 a4essaleyJ,ea carr ing Concealed
weapon, acquitted.
CIVIL MATTERS.
Frank p. Lions VS.. Mrs. J. L. Web
ster; exception filed and overruled:
default entered.
Louisiana Artificial Ice Co. VS.. A..
A. Bouy; judgment for plaintiffs.
Mrs. Sarah Rhodes Heating VS.. A.
Wilbert's Sons Lumber and Single
Co., Ltd; continued to Dec. q.
Franklin MacVeagh VS.. Don aldson-
vile Rice Mill; order granted for in
terrogatories ia and out Of state.
u. Burgia ct ais. VS.. Fl. e. Spurgeon;
continued to Dec. II.
Picard & Geismar, Ltd, VS.. John
Dorville; Judgment for plaintiffs.
Eugene Watkins VS.. Emma Turner
W atkins; Judgment rendered granting
defend ant absolute divorce.
At yesterdays session OF court the
following prisoners were sentenced to
Imprisonment in the state penitentiary
for the terms stated: Sidney Craw-
ford, murder, (qualifed verdict re-
turned by jury, life; Billy Jordan,
breaking and entering in the night
time, ten years; Willie Penrose, cut
ting and stabbiDg with a dangerous
weapon with intent to kill, two years;
Silas Ross, larceny, one year. Tony
Taylor, convicted of violating labor
contract. was sentenced to ten days
in the parish jail; and
Chas. King and FRIDAY Meter,
who pleaded guilty to simple assault,
were given the limit-S25 and 30 days
and Geo. DeBham, who entered a
plea of guilty to resisting an officer.
was fined S2A with the a ltprn alive nf
spending 30 days in the parish lock-