St. Tammany farmer., 1922-10-21
Jury Stood II to 1 for Con-
viction; Then Went to
9 to 3 and Hung
GRAND JURY MAKES
RECOMMENDATIONS
Cases Taken Up In District
Court During the
Two Weeks

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Jenkins charged with marking sheep.
Sentenced to not less than 18 months
nor more than two years in the peni-
tentiary.
Marie V. Bennett vs. Clarence ].
Bennett. Judgment for plaintiff.
State VS.. Emile Vial, ST.. charged
with murder; mistrial. Case set for
November 9th.
The jury in the Vial case failed to
agree and was dismissed Saturday
afternoon. It is said it stood one
for acquittal and eleven for convic-
ton of manslaughter at first. At the
time of dismissal 1t stood three for
Iacquittal, nine for conviction of man
Islaughter. The case was set for re-
trial November 27th.
Jno. W. Quave VS.. Lott Batson
Lbr. Co. Judgment in favor Of the
plaintiff, increasing Judgment for
merly rendered.
Covington Bank & Trust Co. VS..
l.. A. Talley and Warren Pierce.
Judgment by default.
State VS.. Clarence Clark. Found
not, guilty.
Nellie Strain Cooper Smith VS..
Alonzo Strain ct al. Judgment for
plaintiff by default.
j. D.. O'Reilly & Co., VS.. Police
Jury Of st. Tammany Parish. Case
dismissed at plaintiffs costs. Appeal
taken.
State vs.. Roland Bousquet, found
guilty, with recommendation of jury
for suspension Of sentence, and the
court imposed the following sent
ence: Hard labor and not less than
3 or more than 5 years; suspended
on good behavior.
The court appointed T. G. Grad
dock jury commission in place of
Alonzo Crawford, resigned.
/ Emile Vial, Jr., was released from
Jail on $4,000 bond.
Following is the report Of the
grand jury, which was handed to
the Judge with the request that same
be published:
Covington, La, Oct. Is, 1922.
To the Honorable Prentiss B. Carter,
Judge Of the 26th Judicial District
Court, Parish Of st. Tammany,
State OF Louisiana.
Dear Sir:--We, the Grand Jury
for the Parish Of St. Tammany, beg,
Q make our report.
There were eighty (80) charges to
come before us, out OF which we
found forty-nine (49) bills, twenty
lnine (29) no bills, and on two charg-
IS there was no action taken. We
aeld two regular and one special
sessions
| We wish to make the following
spmmeats and recommendations:
> First-There are too many minor
matters to come before the Grand
jury and from the Grand Jury to the
District Court. 1t seems to us that
there should be some way in which
the Justices of the Peace and Mayors
COURTS in the municipalities could !
dispose of q large part Of the minor
charges, thereby saving cost Of pass
ing through the hands of the Grand
Jury and District Court.
| Second-We understand that In
several sections of, the parish it is
the custom for butchers to kill and
butcher cattle in the woods. IL
there is a law against this practice,
and we think there is, it should be
enforced, as such practice makes it
Ivery hard to get evidence against
cattle thieves.
Third-We have examined the jail
and courthouse, and the offices there
in, and while we are not prepared to
recommend the building Of new
courthouse and jail at this time, we
do think that both Of them could
and should be renovated and made
more sanitary. In many parts Of the
courthouse the plastering has fallen
and that which has not fallen Is bad
ly discolored Without a great deal
Of expense this could be corrected
and the courthouse made much more
attractive. The offices are all too
small for the work that has to be
i doue in them, but this cannot be
corrected without constructing a new
building or adding to the old one.
which we are not recommending, but
we do think that the Clerk Of Court
should be given some relief by adding
to the vault room used by his office.
Public records have accumulated for
years and years and there Is not SUI
Il nC1eNL TOOu lUT $LuGuI tO US btOASo IL
the vault. Particularly is this true
concerning matter which is being
used by the court as evidence and
which is lodged with the Clerk Of the
i Court and for which he IS held re-
sponsible. Such valuable things as
j wills. notes and white lightning,
4 etc., are lodged with the Clerk of the
Il Court while they are being used as
testimony, and he has mo where to
!. put them, except in the vault, which
is open to any one. This is dan
: gerous practice and we think the
I parish should treat itself to addition
al vault room and have it 50 arrang-
led that the matter held for testi-
money would be accessible to the
q Clerk Of Court, only, or whoever
might be made responsible for It.
In the rear wall of the courthouse
there is a large crack, which has
. recently widened. This matter needs
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