The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1913-07-19
JURY VENIRE QUAsHEO

tn Monday morning after ihe usna'
preliminary fcrmalities nf opening
court were concluded and the FIRST
case on the calendar If the iay was
called for trial. a surprise was sp'ung
by Hon. +. r. Burke and Judge l. q
Hacker, of counsel FOR the def-nne ~
the case Of the State " Tanis FRO
vost, BY their filing q motion 10 uuash
the whole general venife Then foi
lowed the presentation Of the speciti
cations Under this motion
II was charged that one IF the Jury
com NJ issicners. Mr. Jos Moore =
Jeanesette, was The holder IF dual
cOmm iasione.
j. Il. Bourgeois of the Gh Ward.
mem mbpr nf the Grand Jury, II was
charged, could net read nor N,ite tie
| English language Upon HE being
called to the witness stand the dis
trict Attorney objected ~ the ground
| that Grand Juror could not he heard
IN evidence calculated ~ impeneh hia
| own acts. Authorities wt,e cited ard
the point argued The Jufpe rulpd
| that as the witness WAS called rather
to establish his qualification ~ serve
az Grand Juror. than 10 question
any act Of the body of which IL was I
member, and "a he was the hest Wii
| ness TO determine The facts. the ei iec-
/ tiOne of the State wete nvtf,nl, Il
The witness was then examined and
the defence scored IL point
Paul Benin, who served ~ u Wilneas
to the drawing ~ the veniie. MAS
challenged as being incompetent IT,
serve in that capacity for The ,easpn
that he could not real and write the
English language lln was called to
the witness stand and examined II
all questions prnpounded in Ennlisl,
he anawered readily IL French, ~
planning that while he clearly undes-
stood the questions ~ asked, he could
better express himself IL h.a mother
tongue. lie adn,tted tlat ho lii not
read nor write the English language
When asked If he could write IL Eng
lial the sentence: t.rhis is the court
house, he declared that lie ruuld not,
nor could he read II If 30 written.
Antoine Gopsouiin, a Jury Commis
sioner, was next called and challeng
|, ed along the same lines While II.
was able 10 read ard write IL. Ing
lish language sufficiently for the
needs Of hts own business lie felt nna
ble to read and interpret ,he printed
law defining the duties ai the Jury
Commissioners; neither would be un-
dertake to read the manuacrirt pro
ces. verbal ot the jury Com
mleeiou Towards the end nl this es
| animation the State tnnk il ~ and
pressed ID closely and derisivel, Wheii
! the District Attorney addressed the
Court and requested that the motion
| Of the counsel for the defence be main
tained fully; further requesting that 4
special jury be ordered drawn for
next week and the week after, ~ that
the parish would not lose the advan
| tape Of this term oi court. declaring
that he would fled infotnatons il all
cases where the over-thr0wn Hrhnd
Jury had returned true bills
The Judge 80 ordered.
Accordingly the Jury Commission
met at the Office Of the Clerk Of Court
on the l4th instant and proceeded /,
draw from n general venIre list pre-
viously prepared, \ list If names from
| which \ Grand Jury will he drawn on
next Monday In open court. The lis
~ A. follows:
Ward Ward
Aug, ,DelahOnssaye, Rom Miguez, {
lB. q. Sumrali, q y q Harry. I
tD.car Broussard, ! j. A. netui,, . ].
tlus Ronin, Jr.,...4 sehvSnayder,
j. lave Rose . 4 st. Paul lsnurgeois,f
j. y. Dauterive. 4 II. X. Minvielle,
Arthur Leblanc 70 \. A Mnres, 4, !
F.O. Rchwing. q u" Watts, ]
FelixN. Meeta, er. q George neBlanr.
j. s. Power. - y Hon belcanhre,
Then followed long list Of tb,
Dames Of parties who are to serve nj
petit Jurors for the week beginning
Tuesday, july 2,nd. and the process
verbal IL signed Ivy N. Delcan,bse. D
Nv. Mouret' r. g. Romero, Joseph he
min, aud Joe. 4. Moore, Jury Commits
sinners, and witnessed BY =. A. Pelie
rim and J. A. Deeuir.