The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-06-08
qRNER TERM OF. OF
United STATES
court this WEEK
r..,oendous Crowd Jams
ifSlllI Courtroom Monday as
Tribunal Meets
rcw PLEADED GUILTY ,!In
fbT OTHERS ARRAIGNEO
,.,,,or Cases Postponed; E,
ll2apr lS2aapf,rralization and Civil
N'SI Matters Taken Up

u,+-int of Louisiana, Opel
,,.,s,on. convened in the feder-
,.od,ng last Monday for the Fesu-
Tal Ou- .er term. Some time before
lar Iack ascended the bench the
jog orn was packed and janmea
'oul" .aonle from every section OF
VIZ ,,,,.iop. Many of the throng were
.n,or, Y. summoned here for ara sers'I' A..
w.. w.. we're witnesses; some we're us'
'ins.s s.,ts in white mule cases scned-
- = come up for trial; anu
ssu .rt,on of the throng were oy-
TsA. ~ watching with eager curlo-
sianus,s' ~ nrogress of proceedings
siV ,,,v ~ qrasping every word OF the
gssaIs , =. case after case was call
si 4 i rapid-tire order -, :, tna
= coat expectations were had q .ne
"a Of violatOrs Of the pronlOa',on 10.
VIZ -. - smash when it became pa
laS ~" -. .he courts time and atten-
'sD' '- an,d he taken up entirely IN
W. ,..want. setting of cases, natural
Anns '.Vs = the aliens, sentencing those
'sl.'a entered pleas Of guilt, and the
-, a - one big civil suit. TUESDAY
!. 4. s.oome very we'll known tnat lo'-
Ing tbe disposal of the civil acton
S s.,nst the government railroad Su-
,,.rot,on for damages in a large
~ court would adjourn, inter
sul-, ,.ron to lag and there was some
{. 80 os9 nom for the curious in the
court room. - ~ tbe
monday and owing to the lack
!, ,' aIeetr,e fans to cool the atmos-
80 neople watching the proceeu-
~, - wore almost suffocated. Ihe
ia we're crowded to capacity anu
= standing room only sign cou,N
i. !, have been displayed. Finally
~. ~ ,ho lam reached the limit many
- ~ marc standing, being unable 70
~ 80 saots had to be ordered out Oh
=. .,'.- room The hallway without the
m.,shalrs office and the jury room
vora used as places to eaten -the
ovsr,low crowd, all Of whom seemeu
.ltopetber unwilling to leave the Duliu,
~ despite the oppressive heat anu
a,s.omfort because they wished 10
,a.rU how the mule" cases were dis
posed Of
Tho matter of arraignment OF IN
d,cted defendants was quickly uls'
,ossd of. four entering pleas of guilty.
and being Immediately sentenced
These defendants and the crimes WIN
which they we're charged was as loi'
lows:
Gil vidrine, opelousas man. chaPs'
Cd with having in possession ana sen,
M of intoxicating liquors, sentenc-eO
to sixty days in Jail.
Mayfield Lilly, colored man Oh La
tsyette, indicted for using a railroad
pass illigally during the federal ad
of the railroads, ohe
year in federal reform school.
Jim Kee, Chinaman from Eunlce
charged with and having been lnulce
ed for having liquor in his possessloA
fined $4,000.
E. O. Fontenot, white man IRON
Eyangeline parish, indicted for max
ing and having moonshine liquor II
possession, stated he manufactured tne
mule" for his own use as he thousnl
be had the right to do so. Fined $lo'
and sentenced to sixty days in jan
All the others arraigment pleade'
not guilty and asked for a trial "
Iury. It is understood that following
he holding of a term of court a
alexandria the tribunal viii return t'
Opelousas and hold a special tern
n order to clear the calendar OF th'
liquor cases.
A large number (whose names AM
addresses have already been puoilsh
sd) were I'D for naturalization wnii'
we understand, have filed no
ice of their intention to apply 10
ull citizenship.
The civil case that took up most o
he time of the court was an actlO'
or damages in the sum of about TWEEN
y-five thousand dollars, institutes
igainst the government by a MAJ
lamed Carter who was injured Il
s1S, while travelling on a Souther'
Pacific main line train, near Lana
'ette. The train was a through tran
o California and Carter was tour
st from Atlanta, Georgia. The tran
vas wrecked near the city OF Lafay
itte and Carter was injured. Thi
ormed the basis Of the suit agaans
he government, as railroads the
Vere under government contro,
The plaintiff is represented by ".