The Donaldsonville chief., 1922-03-04
DISTRICT COURT.
Criminal Term Opens-Grand jury
Returns Indictments.

Criminal Term Opens-Grand jury
Returns Indictments.
The criminal term of the district
court was convened here last Mon
day by Judge Sam A. Leblanc. Z.
c. McCrory was selected as foreman
of the grand jury and the following
were drawn to complete the panel:
L. R. Kennedy, Jos. S. Blanchard'
ST., Duncan B. Allen, Ernest Hotard,
Camille Daigle, Emile Dlcharry'
Louis Rome, Walter Webb, Leo Dlez,
Henry Schaff, Jr. and Harvey Trux-
lilo. After receiving the charge from
the judge, the grand; jurors fetlreo
to their room of deliberations
Civil Cases.
In the matter of K. A. Aucoln ct
ais. VS. Jos. N. Gisclard ct ais. the
contested town election case, "hlcn
had been previously tried and suo-
mitted, judgment was rendered IN ia
vor of plaintiffs, declaring the num-
cipal election held here last May, null
and void.
E. C. Worthington VS.. Ronaldson
Puckett & Co., which was flXed Tor
today, was reassigned for Friday
March 10. :,
Lawrence Noel VS.. Cumberland
Telephone Company; reassigned for
argument March 10.
Claus Brothers VS.. Judlce; fixed tor
trial March 16
Napoleon Martinez VS.. Bourgeois,
Thompson & Co.; fixed for trial
March 8.
Excelsior Cypress Company VS..
Boyd Lindsey; exception filed.
Francis Hahn VS.. Clarence Will
liams Supplemental answer to rule
filed, and case continued indefinitely.
Valentine H. Melancon VS.. Aramls
J. Melancor. Rule made returnable
today was continued indefinitely.
Willie Vallery VS.. Lula Edwards:
Case tried and Judgment rendered
granting an absolute divorce.
Agnes Kinchen VS.. Jos. F. Tore
grossa. Argument fixed for today,
was reassigned to March 9.
DR.. w. B. Chamberlain VS.. Edward
Roddy and Jacob Turner VS.. Jo-
sephine Fountain, defaults taken:
David Johnson VS.. Orelia Gillin.
Case tried and Judgment rendered
granting an absolute divorce.
H. L. Winder VS.. Louis Smith. Case
tried and judgment rendered grant
ing an absolute divorce.
The cases of the Consolidated Com
panies VS.. J. P. Zeringue & Sons, B.
Lemann & Bro, Inc. VS.. same de-
PENDANTS and Farmers Cooperative
Rice Milling Company vs.. the same
defendants, were continued inde-
fnitely.
= Castagnos Cane Loader Company
VS.. Standard Motors Finance Com
pany, fixed for March l, was con-
tinued indefinitely.
Criminal Matters.
The grand jury made partial re-
port and asked to be discharged un-
til Friday. The following true bills
were presented: Sam Matassa, as
sault and battery; Jos. Trepani, op-
Grating motor vehicle recklessly and
injuring; Walton Tamplain, assault
with dangerous weapon; Luclen
Visso, wife desertion; Estess Le-
Blanc, assault with intent to commit
rape.
No true bills were returned in the
cases of Peter Sevario, charged with
manslaughter and Louis Constantine,
charged with receiving stolen goods.
The following informations were
fled by the district attorney.
Willie Benoux, burglary Of store.
The accused was arraigned and plead
ed guilty and sentenced to term of
not less than eighteen months and
not more than two years at hard la
Dor.
Willie Sheppard, charged On two
counts with breaking seal Of box
car and with larceny of 500. He
was arraigned, pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to not less than two
nor more than three years at hard
labor on each charge, the sentences
not to run concurrently.
Clarence Philips and Edward Four
nier, charged with larceny of SAL,
were arranged and pleaded guilty and
We're sentenced to three months in
the parish Jail. The sentence to be-
gin from the date of their incarcera-
ton.
Bennett Duncan, charged with car
rying concealed weapon, was arraign-
ed and pleaded guilty and sentenced
to three months in the parish jail.
Court then adjourned until Friday.