The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-15
COURT

port criticizing Police Jury for
Not Repairing Courthouse and
TWO Individual Jurors for Con-
travening State Statutes.
District court convened for the
regular midsummer jury term at ~
O'Clock last Monday forenoon, with
Judge Paul Leche on the bench and
a full attendance of other court Of
ficers and members of the bar. The
following grand jury was impanelled
i to serve for the ensuing six months:
J. e.. Blum, G. Edgard Fortier, Joseph
Picard. Rosemond Braud, Desire F'al-
con, Duke d. Dalferes, Elmer Hunt,
Samuel Fl. Landry, Emile Dicharry,
b. 4 E. Webb, ]. Emile Leblanc, =.
A. Lawless. Judge =Leche designated
i Mr.. Blum to serve as foreman of the
Jury and delivered the usual charge
/ to that body.
Sessions Of court were held every
i day throughout the week and the
docket was cleared Of a number OF
cases. A condensed report of the
business transacted will be published
next week, being omitted from to-
days issue owing to lack of space.
i Court adjourned until Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock at the conclusion
of today's sitting.
The grand jury came into court
| Monday afternoon and submitted the
following partial report:
i True bills-A. Muse, selling goods
/ out of the ordinary course OF bust
ness; Tony Falsetto, purchasing IN
paid for merchandise; James john
son, larceny; Hardy Hodgeson and
Mayhue Hodgeson, rape; R. A. lr-
win, embezzlement; John Thomas,
murder; Walton Smith, murder; Will
| lie Verrett, shooting at; Richard
Johnson, carrying concealed weapon.
1 Not a true bill was rendered in
the cases of the State VS.. Richard
Johnson, for murder, and State VS.. L,
i J. Acosta, for manslaughter. Mr..
Acosta, while in the exercise of his
duties as a policeman of the town OF
Donaldsonville, shot and killed a
negro in this city.
On Thursday forenoon the grand
jury submitted it's final report and
was discharged by Judge Leche uRtil
further notice The full text of the
1 report is as follows:
GRAND JURY's REPORT.
i We have found two bills for muir
der, one for rape, one for larceny,
/ one for embezzlement, one for sell
ing goods out of the regular course
of business, one for purchasing I'M
paid for merchandise, one for carry
ing concealed weapons, one for will
/ fully shooting at.
|
case for murder and one for man
slaughter.
| JAIL.
/ We have examined the Jail and
found the building in need of GER
tain repairs to the roof and the build
ing in need of painting. We have
found the steel grating of the cages
/ to be corroded and rusted and
should be painted. We recommend
that the attention of the police
jury be called to these necessary
4 repairs.
4. SCHOOLIIOUSE
4 We have found the schoolhouse
to be kept in neat and sanitary
condition, and a little plastering
needed to the walls in some of the
rooms
i COURTHOUSE.
We inspected the courthouse and
find the same to be sadly in need
Of repairs. These recommendations
were made by former grand juries
and their requests were ignored and
/ pigeon-holed. This jury took special
4 pains to have each member of the
police jury, with the exception Of
one who was absent, summoned be-
fore us and their special attention
was called to these necessary re
4 pairs. We recommend that these
necessary repairs be made within a
reasonable time in order to preserve
this building.
PARISH TREASURER.
i We visited the office of the par
ish treasurer and carefully inspected
his books and vouchers and found
the books neatly kept. In examining
the vouchers of the different road
boards we find that there is no uni
form scale of wages for working the
roads and we recommend that the
police jury look into this matter so
as to equalize these charges as much
as possible.
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
We find the sheriff's office con-
/ Quoted in a systematic manner with
all accounts properly audited and in
shape to be easily investigated
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AND
i TREASURER.
We visited the office of the super
intendent and treasurer of school
funds and find same in splendid
shape; his record OF money received
and disbursed as well as the rec
ord of the school affairs all in
shape to give ready reference in all
matters.
CLERKS OFFICE.
We find that the clerk and record
er's office is well and neatly kept
and the duties OF the office eff
GENTLY performed; we find that the
/ following record books are badly IN
need of repairs and recommend that
! the same be Immediately attended
/ to: Books of conveyances Nos. g.,
90, Is, 26, %, 20, 80, 80, the civil
docket, the probate docket, book of
| miscellaneous acts No. 8, index to
book of miscellaneous acts, and the
/ township map book.
/ ASSESSORS OFFICE.
We also visited the office of the
assessor and found the same well
/ and neatly kept.
IDAMMING OF BAYOU LAFOURCHE
Our attention has been called to
the unsanitary condition of the wa