The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-07-25
DISTRICT COURT,
Second Week of Jury Term-verdict
Of Acquittal Rendered in Houi,-
Ion TriaI-lnformations Flied by
District Attorney

Sessions of district court were hello
on Monday, Tuesday. Thursday and
Friday of the current week. and tbs
DOCKET cleared of numerous crimina
and civil cases. A record of the
business transacted since our last
report is contained in the follow-ne
summary:
Informations filed by district attor
ney-W. J. Leblanc, appropr. at:ne
$1,000 Of the funds of the Peoples
Bank Of Donaldsonville for the use
Of another party, making and pub
llshlng a false statement of the con:
dltlon of the bank as of June 30,
1914, and creating an Indebtedness
knowing the bank to be in a failns
and insolvent condition.; w. D. Park.
creating an Indebtedness of the Bank
OF Donaldsonville knowing the bank
to be in failing and insolvent con
dition.
Criminal Matters.
Sherman Short, resisting an off
Ger; pleaded guilty and sentenced to
"a hours in Jail.
| Sullivan Walker, having carnal
knowledge of an unmarried female
between the ages of y and IS years J;
tried by jury of five and found gull
ty. The jury in this case was com
| posed Of j. Linden Leblanc, Wilson
Causln, J. c. Bouchereau, Felix Acos-
ia and Paul JUDGE, with the latter
| as foreman.
Andrew Deans, murder After a
jury had been impanelled and the
evidence partially adduced, the state
abandoned the case and at the re-
quest of the district attorney Judge
Workman instructed the jury to
bring in verdict of not guilty.
Elijah Tomas, murder; continued
until next term of court
Gus. Randolph, breaking and enter
ing in the nighttime with intent to
steal; tried by jury and convicted.
Emile Houillon, murder; acquitted
The jury in this case brought in
a verdict of not guilty at midnight
thursday, after being out less than
half an hour. Houillon, welLknown
young white man of this city, was
charged with the murder of Helena
Davis, negro prostitute. The wo-
man was shot in the abdomen and
fatally wounded the night of March
70, and in statement to Sheriff
Hanson declared that Houillon had
shot her because she refused to ac-
cede to an indecent proposal made
by him. There were no eve wit
nesses, and apart from the Davis wo-
mans unsupported statement the
prosecution was unable to introduce
any testimony directly connecting
Houlllon with the crime. Composing
the jury were Adam Leblanc, Leon
Clouatre, Wade singIetary. Paul
Arceneaux, J. Linden Leblanc Nick
Brown, Joseph king, Ulysses Savo:s,
Charles WELLER, Emile Dugas. Rene
Serre and Joseph R. Braud, with the
latter as foreman.
Civil Matters.
Amelia e. Berot VS.. Louis Ambert;
plaintiff granted absolute divorce.
Marcelin Hebert VS.. Paul Decoteau;
motion to elect ovreruled; default en-
tered; fixed Tor July go.
Bank of Donaldsonville, in liqui-
dation, VS.. Louis Dehon; defauIt en-
tered.
Phillip Cary Co. VS.. r. =. Stewart
and Donaldsonville Annual Co; ex-
ception of misjoinder overruled, and
exception of no cause of action filed
in behalf of A-muz-u Co.; fixed for
July 80.
Reeves Grocery Co. vs.. T. w.
Johnson; continued to July 80.
TOPPING, Seidenbach & Larose VS..
John Nargassans; argued and taken
under Amusement, judgment to be
rendered at chambers.
Swift e Co. VS.. Mccall Bros. P.
E M. Co., Ltd; default entered.
A. L. Foret VS.. Paul Fontana; con-
inued indefinitely.
Louis Gautreau vs. Blair & Lam
Try; compromise and settlement 4
made and entered into between
louis A. Gautreau and his Wife, &C.
ina Gautreau, plaintiffs, and Robert i
Blair and Joseph D. Landry, defend
lnts, on July %, 1914, by act before /
Sidney A. Marchand, approved and
confirmed in each and every parti- {
ula1 and made the judgment of the I
curt.
Prisoners Sentenced. :
AT yesterdays session of court Sui
itlA w diheI, ColVlCleu OIL HtV1nS
'arnal knowledge of an unmarried
emale under the age of 18 years,
vas sentenced to eight months in
he parish jail, and Gus Randolph,
ound guilty of breaking and eater
ng in the nighttime With intent to
teal, was given ten years in the
Court adjourned until next Tues
ay at 10 O'Clock a. m.