The Donaldsonville chief., 1919-03-01
DISTRICT COURT IN SESSION.
Grand Jury Makes Short Report
Find Few True Bills.

The criminal term Of the district
court for the parish Of Ascension.
was convened here last Monday, with
Judge P. H. Gilbert on the bench and
AN officers present. The following
grand jury was enpanelled and sworn
to serve for the next six months
VIM. A. Dill, foreman, L. R. Kennedy,
IA. H. c. Waguespack, Maurice
Guedry, A. II. Marchand, j. Arthur
Leblanc, Clement Rome, A. P. Mar
chand, H. r Batenan, &. A. Landry.
Joseph LeBsenS and G. R. Gautreau.
The Grand inquisitors began their
sittings, and after investigating all
matters brought to their attention.
submitted their final report to the
the court Tuesday at 8 o'clock D. m.
as follows:
To the Honorable r. H. Gilbert, Judge
of the Twenty seventh Judicial
District Court Of the State of
Louisiana and Parish Of Ascen-
sion:
We, tha9rand @rors of the state
Of Louisiana, duly empanelled and
+ sworn, in and for the body Of the
parish of Ascension. do hereby pre-
sent this, together with such bills of
indictment as accompany the same,
our final report, and pray to be hence
dismissed.
We desire to make the following
suggestions and Recommendations
with reference to the parish jail:
/. The roof Of this building should
be Immediately repaired, as. it leaks
in several places.
. 2. There should not only be two
bath tubs, to be used separately by
the white and colored races, but the
present bath tubs need plumbing to
permit the water to flow freely in and
out Of same.
8. The interior Of the jail, occupied
by prisoners should be neatly painted
in white.
4. The oven needs the services Of
a good brick mason, as it, too, is in
need Of repairs.
We trust that our recommendations
will be needed BY the proper authori-
tiles, and that the police jury will find
| it fit to concur in our suggestions.
| The report submitted by the grand
| jury. is. believed to be the briefest on
record in this parish Heretofore, it
has been customary for that body to
Investigate the books and records of
lall parochial officers and to report at
length that everything had been
found in good shape. On this occa-
sion, the jurors performed the work
assigned to them in an expeditions
manner, and avoided in making their
report the phraseology Invariably
used by such bodies in the past, and
Iconhned themselves to the making Of
|sueh reeomme endation as they deemed
advisable and necessary.
The foil owing is a complete list Of
the Indictments return
True Bills Hamilton, for
Igery Salvatore Lupa, violating the
sf1day law Jackson Me- Crory, ap.
pearing at a public gathering drunk,
two counts; Leon Collet, violating the
dipping law Lucien Mire, carrying
Iconcealad weapon; Henry Darius,
murder; Sam Ramagoss, violating
| the. dipping laW;;sJ Joseph Corbo. yiolat-
/ ling the dipping law; Jackson Nc
/ Grory, carrying concealed weapon
/ Eustus Leblanc, cutting with intent
to murder; George Landry, violating
the Sunday law; Tony Rodriguez
violating the Sunday law; Frank
/ Corbo, ST., violating the dip
1 ping law August Landry, violating
i the dipping law; F. a. Griffin, moi
providing equal accommodations fo1
passengers; Jackson McCrory, dis
turbing a peaceful assembly; Adam
Diez, violating the dipping law; Ro
4 dolph Landry, violating the dippint
law; Frank Diez, violating the dip
ping law; Lucien Mire, Jackson Nc
Crory and shapter King, disturbing
a peaceful assembly; William Hen
derson, larceny.
VIM. Henderson was arraigned OF
the charge Of larceny, pleaded guilt,
and was sentenced to so days in jail
sIlafter King was arraigned an
pleaded guilty to the charge of dis
I 1turbing a peaceful assembly, and wa
fined $40 and sentenced to serve fiv
days in jail.
Civil Matters.
At Mondays session of the court
the following business was dispose
of:
A. w. Wilbert's Sons Lumber an,
$ Eshingle Company vs.. Belle Helen
Planting and Manufacturing Com
pany, Ltd, Reeeivership No. 5, wa
fixed for Tuesday on homologation 0
final account.
Eugene Williams vs.. Stella King
suit for divorce, a judgment by de
fault was aaken,
William Smith vs.. Olivia Domengue