The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-08-02
DISTRICT COURT.
Third and Last Week of Mid-sum-
mer Jury Term-criminal Docket
Cleared and Prisoners Sentenced
Adjournment Without Date.

-Adlournment Without Date.
H Sessions of district court were
held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day OF the current week, bringing te
a close the regular mid summer jury
term. Adjournment without date was
ordered at the conclusion OF Thurs
days sitting.
4 Following is record of the bust
ness transacted since our last re.
i port:
Civil Matters.
Prosper Plaisance VS.. Hy. Brooks;
Judgment for plaintiff for $116.25,
with per cent interest from May
II, 1913.
Milly Lloyd Hayes VS.. Henry c.
Braud; fixed for Oct. 8.
Henry c, Braud VS.. Tena Jackson
ct ais; fixed for Oct. 8.
z. d. Gondran VS.. Belle Helene
Planting Company, 1.-TWO saits): dis
missed at plaintiffs cost.
4 John T. Many VS.. C. D. Gondran:
/ dismissed at plaintiffs cost.
Louis Pfister vs. Antonio Correro;
defendants suit in injunction dis
solved as in case of non-suit, and in
junction dismissed at his cost.
| Henry Fairbanks ct ais. VS.. Will
liam Fairbanks; dismissed at plain
lifts cost, reserving to them their
rights i'll land sued for, and reserv-
ing to defendant his rights; motion
Tor new trial argued and taken un-
der AMUSEMENT, Judgment to be rem
dered at chambers.
Ascension Farmers Union Ware
house Company VS.. L. A. Ambeau:
dismissed at plaintiffs cost.
W. Nj. McGalliard VS.. Prosper Ro-
dr1guez, Jr., ct ais; default entered
against remaining defendant.
Reeves Grocery Company VS.. T.
w. Johnson; commission issued to
take testimony in and out of state,
returnable on Or before Oct. 1.
Fred. gS1ngletary VS.. Joseph d.
Acy, Jr.;; motion to dismiss appeal
filed by counsel for appellant.
DR.. 3. X. Sims VS.. H. C. White
man; argued and taken under ad-
vlsement; Judgment to be rendered at
chambers.
Picard & Geismar, Ltd, VS.. Fred.
thompson ct ais; argued and taken
under advfsement, judgment to be
rendered at chambers.
Criminal Matters.
Ernest Daigle, disturbing a peace
able assemblage: nolle pressed.
Dot Walker, carrying concealed
weapon; tried and acquitted.
A motion to quash the information
was sustained for the second time
in the case of Dot Walker, Sullivan
Walker, Silas Gonzales, Judge Collier,
Ansil Woods, Ethan Richardson, Al
fred Evans and Emile Rodriguez,
charged with disturbing peaceable
assemblage. District Attorney Gill
bert filed third information against
the parties and a motion to auash
was again entered, but was oVerruled
The trial was proceeded with and re-
suited in a verdict of not guilty as
to Richardson, Evans and Rodriguez,
and guilty as to Dot and Sulli- |
van Walker, Gonzales, Collier and !
Woods. The four latter We're fined
$40 and sentenced to one day in /
Jail, with five days additional in de-
fault of payment OF fine. Dot Walk
er was fined SO and condemned to
spend four days in Jail, with the al
tentative of five days additional inn
in lieu of payment of fine.
Prisoners Sentenced.
Prisoners who pleaded guilty or
were convicted of criminal offenses
during the term were sentenced to
in the penitentiary as
follows.
Henry White, breaking and enter
ing in the nighttime with intent to
steal, IL years; William McCullam,
breaking and entering in the night
time with intent to steal, 1.-TWO
Z years on each charge:
Joseph Little, breaking and entering
in the daytime with intent to steal,
years and fine of 500; Robert
Bates, shooting with intent to kill
and murder, years; Theodore John
son, alias tsadum,'' larceny, years;
Carmela Motta, receiving and buy
ing stolen goods. / year; Dosia
Brown, manslaughter, months; Mary
McCary, manslaughter. 8 months
Jail sentences were imposed upon
the following prisoners:
Antonio Fontano, receiving and
buying stolen goods, months; Wal
don Delete, larceny, 6 months;
Monte" Babin, larceny, 8 months;
Jim Williams, larceny, so days.
Motta and Fontano are the local
italian merchants who bought some
Of the corn and oats stolen recently
from a T. and P. freight car in this
city by aSadum'' Johnson. McCullam
is the negro who burglarized the
Proffitt, Cooke and w. c. Hanson
residences several weeks ago. De-
lette and Babin are the Port Barrow
white boys who stole s24 from Mrs.
Thomas Montero, of this city, during
the excitement following the big fire
of May Is last. Dosia Brown and
Mary MeCary are negresses who kill
ed another colored woman on one.
Of the Miles Company's plantations
at Burnside last Christmas. They
were convicted of manslaughter, with
a recommendation for mercy.