St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-10-22
JENkINS-PELAR
FOUND GUILTY
GET Is YEARS

District Court was in session all
F; last week until Tuesday Of this.
Judge Carter presided and District
! Attorney Brock prosecuted.
j The Jenkins-Pelar murder case at
tracted great interest, the first trial
having resulted in mistrial. A jury
was secured after several panels were
exhausted. The jury as accepted
consisted of JOS. J. Levy, James NJ.
Levy, Steve Josza, Albert Bechao,
Eugene L. Martin, Harvey Rousseau,
Will Yates, J. Hutchinson, l.. C. Can
ton, Will Weinsbach, Edmund A.
Barlow and Arthur E. Wilson.
In the mistrial, the case Of Jenk-
ms and Pelar were tried separately
This time they were tried Jointly, as
conspirators. Both took the stand
in their defense.
| The defense attorneys were Judge
+; T. M. Burns and Fred. j. Heintz.
F: Mr.. Lewis L. Morgan was employed
to assist in the prosecution. 1t is
the first time in the history of ST.
Tammany parish, it is said, where a
former mistrial had occurred, that
the jury brought in verdict Of
guilty. Wherever there was pub
lie comment the jury was commend
| ed for its decision.
When the defendants were sent
enced later, Judge Carter told them
they had been convicted after fair
and impartial trial. He said that i'll
the years to come while they were
serving their sentence he hoped they
would learn to be better men. He
| t told old Pe7:aF that he considered him
only boy, the cause of the crime;
that only the providence Of God had
prevented him (Pelar) from killing
the poor old woman; that he was
lucky to escape with his life, and
that they could be tried again on the
charge of lying in wait, etc. Judge
Carter told him he might shorten his
term by good behavior.
Both were sentenced to not less
than Is nor more than 20 years III
penitentiary for manslaughter.
Other cases tried and decisions
were as follows:
Criminal Proceedings
State VS.. Willie Lee. Charged
with larceny; plead guilty; sentenc-
ed to penitentiary for not less than
12 nor more than IS months.
State VS.. Elmore Baptiste. Charg-
ed with larceny; plead guilty, sent
enced to penitentiary for not less
than Is months nor more than two
years.
State VS. Martin Jenkins and Ernest
Pelar. Found guilty of manslaught-
er. Sentenced to penitentiary for not
less than l 5 nor more than 20 years.
State VS.. John Clifton. Charged
with wife desertion. Nolle pressed.
State VS.. Bully Mckinley Charg-
ed with larceny; plead guilty; SEM
enced to penitentiary for not less
than 18 months nor more than two
years.
State VS.. Oliver Victor. Charged
with having stolen goods in his pos
|session; plead guilty; sentenced TO
penitentiary for not less than Is
months nor more than two years.
State VS.. Robt. Lagarde. Charg-
led with larceny. Found not guilty.
State VS.. Sidney Lagarde ct al.
Charged with disturbing the peace;
found not guilty.
State VS.. >Addie Wright. Plead
guilty to disturbing the peace; fined
$1,000 and costs.
The Grand Jury turned in their
report, having found Z true bills.
Civil Proceedings.
Mrs. Marion R. Fulton VS.. E. ].
Fulton. Judgment in favor of plain
tiff granting absolute divorce.
John W. Quave VS.. Lott-Batson
Lbr. Co. Judgment for plaintiff in
SIN of $275.00.
Effie Williams VS. Memphis John
son. Judgment for plaintiff, decree
ing a divorce "a vinculo matrimonii'
between them.
Maggie NJ. Smith VS.. W. Smith.
Judgment for plaintiff, decreeing a
divorce "a yincu1o matrimonii' oe-
tween them.
Lynn F. Stewart VS.. R. ]. Stewart,
Judgment for plaintiff, decreeing a
divorce "a vincu1o matrimonii' be-
tween them.