St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-02
DISTRICT COURT.
The PellOat Heirs Bring
Up a Discussion as to
Validity Of the
Marriage.
DISTRICT COURT.

Following are the civil and GRIM
inal cases tried in the District Court
last week, Judge Burns on the
bench and District Attorney Nor
gan prosecuting:
Civil Cases.
Taylor Cousin VS.. Jules Piery,
Judgment for plaintiff.
N. Coleman VS.. N. Cousin, judg-
ment for defendant.
H. Michaelis VS.. S. C. and r. G.
Abney, judgment by default.
Robt. Stern vs. A. J. Johnson, dis
missed at appellants cost.
H. l.. Garland VS.. F. F. Planche,
to set aside sale, judgment for de-
fendant
Town of Madisonville VS.. Jos.
Baham, judgment of Mayors Court
affirmed
Mrs. N Levy & Son vs.. H. N.
Levy & Son, judgment by default.
Criminal Cases.
State VS.. R. H. Wood, mol. pros.
State VS.. Edgar Willie, ct. al, dis
turbing peace, mol. pros.
State VS.. Berlier Alsobrook, for
breaking jail, $50 and thirty days.
State VS.. Sam Lee, assault, e25
and costs.
State vs.. Edgar Willie, disturb
ing peaceable assembly, SIS and
costs.
State VS.. Will Odom (colored) ,
shooting with intent to kill, years
In the penitentiary.
State VS.. Chas. F. Collins, carry
ing concealed weapons, 500 and
costs.
State VS.. March Carver (colored)
larceny, four months in jail and
costs.
State VS.. John Vonce, stealing an
OK, two years in the penitentiary.
State VS.. Daisy Ware, Lillian LIE
Blanc and Aaron Brown (colored
disturbing the peace. Ware and LIE
Blanc were fined $25, and Brown
$25 and thirty days in jail
State VS.. Dan Daniels (colored) j,
carrying concealed weapons, 500
and costs.
State VS.. John Jefferson (colored) !,
carrying concealed weapons, 800
and costs.
State vs.. William Daniels, dis
turbing the peace, SIS and costs.
Town of Madisonville VS.. Jos. Ba-
ham, disturbing the peace, judgment
of Mayors Court affirmed.
State vs.. Tom Marshall, Dan Da-
Wis, and Lie Davis, disturbing the
peace, $25 each.
State VS.. Frank Rogers (colored) !,
carrying concealed weapons, $1OO.
State vs. Sam Callaghan (col-
ored), assault and battery, Is days
in jail and COSTS
State VS.. Will Smith, manslaugh-
ter, seven years in the penitentiary.
State VS.. George Hare, striking
with dangerous weapon with in
tent to kill, one year in the peniten-
tiary.
State VS.. Albert Foy, disturbing
the peace, $25 and costs.
State VS.. Earnest Brown (col-
ored), assault and battery, so days
In jail and costs.
State VS.. Albert Alsobrook, using
dynamite in the river, $25 and
COSTS
State VS.. ]. E. Beard, carrying
concealed weapon, 500 and costs.
State VS.. John Hosea, larceny,
so days in Jail and costs.
The application of the heirs of
the Pelloat estate was taken up Sat-
urday. This case has created
great deal of interest in this parish
for the reason that all the heirs are
we'll known residents, as we'll as the
widow, who was formerly Mrs. L.
G. Williams, and who is very good
looking and but forty years of age.
Mr.. Pelloat was sixty-six At the
time of Mr.. Pelloat's death it was
claimed that his widow would give
birth to an heir, which circumstance,
If it had occurred, would have made
a big difference in the distribution
OF the property of the deceased. It
was further rumored that a will had
been left by which the widow was
to get the larger part of the prop
erty, estimated at about s25O,O00.
Developments at the hearing Sat
urday show that there was no truth
in these rumors. 1t appears that |
there is neither a will nor child,
and that the widow in order to get
a widows share will be compelled
to prove that she was the legal wife
OF Mr.. Pelloat. Father Lorente,
pastor of the Italian church in New
Orleans, was placed upon the stand
and testified to the marriage. The
widow claims that secrecy in the
matter was due to the fact that fear
was entertained by the deceased
that bodily harm would be done him
If the marriage became public. She
claims that she did not marry Mr..
Pelloat for mercenary reasons, but
because she loved Mr.. Pelloat, and
she denied that she had offered
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