The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-04
DlsTR|c COURT

First Week Of Regular Jury Term
Grand Jury Submits Partial Re
port, Finding Four True Bills fol
Murder Record of Bushes!
Transacted.
A regular jury term of district court wa
convened at the local courthouse at Il
O'Clock last Monday forenoon, with Judg.
Paul Leche on the bench and full at
tendance of other court officers and mem
bers Of the bar The following grand jur.
was empanelled.to serve for the ensuing
six months: S. Goette. T. S. Robbins, Car
G. Spahr. r N. Robertson, John I. Many
S.. j. Boote, we Bonicard, NJ. G. Sevario
D. F. X. Leblanc, A. F. Gonzales, Luthe
B. Smiley and Nina Dalferes. Judge
Leche designated Mr.. Goette to serve al
foreman of the jury and delivered the
usual charge to that body, which retirec
to begin its deliberations
On motion of Attorney Walter Lemann
the members of the local bar were ap
pointed committee to draft suitable res
o.utions in memory Of the late R. Nc.
Culloh, and Judge Leche ordered thai
Saturday, March II, be set aside for the
presentation of these resolutions and the
holding of appropriate memorial exercises
1t was further ordered that when court adj
journ for the day..itsstand adjourned in
respect to the memory of MT. McCulloh.
Sessions of the judicial body were held
Thursday and Friday, adjournment to 10
o'clock a. m. Tuesday, March Z. being
taken at the conclusion of yesterday !
sitting. The grand jury filed partial re-
ports On Thursday and Friday, and was
discharged until Wednesday, March 5,
when it will submit its final report
"A record Of court doings for the current
week is contained in the following sum
mary:
True bills-Solomon Walker, shooting
with intent to kill and murder: Adrien
Williams, alias Hitter, murder; E. G.
Carpenter, disturbing a peaceable assem-
bly,; Henry White. breaking and entering
a railroad car in the daytime; Calogero
Napole. breaking and entering asrailroad
car in the nighttime with intent to steal;
Edna Bell, cutting and stabbing with q
dangerous weapon with intent to kill and
murder; John Bird. murder; Dave Edwards,
horse stealing; George Doyal, shooting
with intent to kill and murder; Adam
Bernard, murder; Joseph Daniels, murder;
jeff Milton, wilfully shooting at.
Not true bill zeme Rodrigue, lar
cency; John Easer, rape.
Informations filed by district attorney
Sullivan Walker, Emoir Braud, G. Braud
and Victor Mire, hunting without Ii
#cense; JEFF Milton, carrying concealed YEA
pom; Theodule Loupe and Terrence Landry,
trapping out of season; Laura Raphael,
severing from the soil; Evan Glover and
Richard Glover, carrying concealed wea-
pom.
CIVIL MATTERS.
Il Simpson Computing Scale Company VS..
Felix Sagona;; Judgment for defendant.
Bourque vs.. Bourque: answer filed: fixed
for Wednesday. March s.
Succession Mrs. r. Maurin, transferred
from Assumption parish; opposition to APP
pointmenf Of administrator tried, argued
and taken under Amusement.
Colonial Sugars Company vs.. T. w. Der
thelot; default entered
Picard & Geismar, Ltd, vs.. Peoples
Trust and Savings Bank; fixed for Tues
day, March
Robert Powers vs.Henry Guedry; fixed
for March s.
Consolidated Portrait and Frame Com
pany VS.. a W. Norton ct ais; fixed fur
NJ irch ID
Morris corbo vs.. Felix sagona; default
entered.
Mars. We'll 8 Sons vs. j. A. MiIlet; de-.
fault entered.
Mss. Fifman Bertkelot vs. f. w. Ber-
theIot; default entered.
Simon Leblanc vs. DonaIdsonyille Rice
Will ct ais; default entered against r. m.
Sims on supplemental petition, and
4 ,ainst United Irrigating and Rice Milling
Company on both original and supplement
al petitions.
81. a. Landry VS.. Leo C. Babin. contin-
I'D indefinitely 81
Succession Corinne Knott; opposition to.
appointment Of administrator dismissed
atplaintiff cost.
G. 3. Reu5s vs.. Chester r Israel; default
uttered. 55
FIXED FOR TRIAL.
The following accused. being present in
curt, were arraigned, pleaded not guilty,
md their cases assigned for trial as
tated.
Wednesday, March 6--Edna Bell, cut
ing and stabbing with a dangerous
Weapon with intent to kill and murder.
Thursday, March 9-John Bird, murder.
Friday, March 10 Adrien Williams,
,lias Hitter, . murder.
Monday March 81 Henry White. break
nd and entering a railraaf1sc III, the sIsu