The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-07-22
DISTRICT COURT.
Report of Business Transacted at This
Weeks Sittings


Sessions Of district court were held
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday land
the docket was cleared of number
of civil and criminal cases.
Royal and Ross McCrory, indicted
for maliciously killing a beef, plead
ed not guilty and trial of the case was
fixed for July rs.
Peter and Snelven Sevario, indict-
ed at the last term of court for dis
turbing a peaceable assemblage, en-
tered pleas of not guilty and will be
tried July rs.
John Latino, against whom an in
dictment for larceny was returned,
pleaded not guilty and will come up
for trial July rs.
Andrew Jackson, charged with
breaking the seal of railroad car,
was arraigned, and after all the evil
dence had been adduced, the court,
upon the request Of Attorney Karl
Leche for the defense, instructed the
jury to bring in verdict of not gull
ty. A similar charge against Joseph
Clark was thereupon nolle pressed by
the district attorney.
John Howard, indicted for assault
with intent to rape, waived trial by
ury, and after hearing before Judge
| Workman, was found guilty and re-
manded for sentence.
Zebby James, of Gonzales, against
whom two indictments for breaking
and entering in the nighttime with
intent to steal were returned at the
fall term of court, was tried on both
charges. In the first trial the jury re-
ported that it was unable to agree on
a verdict, and mistrial was entered.
Another jury was impanelled to try
the accused on the second Indictment,
and verdict of not guilty was re-
turned.
Theophile Gautreau, charged with
SANDER, pleaded guilty and was fined
SIS, which he paid rather than spend
ten days in Jail.
District Attorney Gilbert filed in
formations against Solomon Lewis,
for maliciously killing a hog; Camille
| Lambert, for Islander, and Dick Nolan,
for carrying concealed weapon.
Bench warrants were issued for Lewis
and Lambert.
The following civil business was
transacted:
Louisiana Railway and Navigation
Company VS.. E. c. Hanson, tax col
lector, written motion to dissolve in
| junction filed, and fixed for trial July
| "a.
James Milton VS.. Violet Small, de-
fault entered.
n ~, n hf
mortgage on tract of 1881 acres of
land on Belle Helene plantation, ex-
ecuted by defendant in favor of plain
tiff to secure sum of $4,000, with 6
per cent interest from March /, 1914,
recognized as valid and binding, and
property ordered seized and sold I'M
| der process of law to satisfy plain
tiff's claim.
Judgment in favor Of the Metro
politan Bank of New Orleans against
the defendants named were handed
down as follows: L. A. Hart and
John Weaver, $2519.48, with s per
cent interest from Jan. IL, 1912, to-
March /, 1913, and 8 per cent from
latter date; Orla A. Proctor, $780,,
with s per cent interest from March
/, 1914, and S8208.80, with per
cent from March /, 1915; David D.
Davis and Martha w. Davis, $6847.5O,
with 8 per cent from March I, 1916;
Perry F. Edris, $1229.6O, with per
cent interest from March |, 1914. In
all Of these suits the mortgages exc
cuted by defendants in favor of
plaintiff, covering specified tracts Of
| land on the Belle Helene plantation
| in this parish, were decreed to be
| valid, and the several pieces of prop
erty were ordered to be seized by the
sheriff and sold at public auction.
A. Adler & Co., Inc, VS.. ]. G. Will
Hams, exception overruled and de-
fault entered.
Mrs. Valentine Gauthreaux VS..
William Hebert, plaintiff granted sep
aration.
Ida Baggage VS.. George Washing
ton, continued indefinitely.
Harrison VS.. Harrison, partially
tried and written agreement of COM
promise filed.
A default was entered in the suit
of Anderson Foundry and Machine
Works VS.. Emile LeBoeuf.
Ten jurors were impanelled in the
suit of Western Union Telegraph
Company VS.. J. A. Dalferes ct ais, as
follows: Theophile Michel, Ernest
F. Melancon, Leo Barman, J. C. Bah
in, Jules Guedry, L. R. Gauthreaux,
Thomas Gomez, Glenn. Mollere, Paul
Decoteau and Adam Dugas, Jr. The
regular venire being exhausted, a GER
tain number of names were drawn
from the tales jury box, and by agree
ment of counsel for plaintiff and de-
PENDANTS, these persons are to be sum-
moned for the day on which the case
is fixed for trial, in order to complete
the jury. The jurors selected this
week were discharged until such time
as they may be called upon to assem-
ole
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