St. Tammany farmer., 1922-06-17
DISTRICT COURT
Furnishes THE,
j B00TLEGGER
IN HIGH
Judge Pleased With Grand
Jury That Don't Want
To Be Excused
CRIMINAL AND CIVIL
CASES DISPOSED OF
Judge Garter Welcomes Jas,
L. Burns as a New Mem
Der Of the Bar


! with more interest than usual Iudrs
Carter presiding and District Attor.
ney }. Vol Brock prosecuting. Til,
surprise OF the morning was the ro.
call OF the grand jury panel. Every
member answered to his name, anC
| the smile on Judge Carters iar:
Droadened when no excuse was pre.
sented by any member selected tc
serve. This was not only unusual
out emphasized the fact that the
jury was composed of men who were
! known TO be conscientious upholders
OF law and order who, while they
| would not waste time in consideriu,;
| TRIVIAL affairs, would bend every ef-
| tort to the suppression Of crime =
| and were not friends of the boot
iegger.
The jury selected by the Judge
was composed of Homer Perrin, Irwin
Stevens, James E. Sharp, Bryan D.
| Burns, E. G. Davis, Geo. Bierhorst
jules Bagur, Warren Pierce, l.. A.
Mitchell, 1som H. Keller, H. u.
Thompson, w. j. Morgan. Mr.. Il.
&. Davis, president of the Coving-
ton Bank & Trust Company, was
made foreman.
Judge Carter gave his usual charge
to the jury, but he stressed the VIOLA
ton of the law in carrying conceal
ed weapons and bootlegging.
After the oath had been read by
Miss Levy, minute clerk, and all
had been sworn in, Mr. Davis asked
for copy of oath to be taken to the
grand jury room. He also asked for
the presence of the district attorney
in the jury room. In order to grant
this request the criminal docket was
set aside temporarily and the civil
docket was taken up.
A pleasing incident during the as
signment of cases was the welcom-
ing address Of Judge Carter to Mr..
James T. Burns, son of Judge T. NJ.
Burns, who has just graduated from
the Law Department of Tulane Uni
versity and who will practice law
with his father.
The following cases were dis
posed Of:
Criminal Proceedings.
State VS.. Geo. Bucner. Plead
guilty to having Intoxicating liqulr
in his possession. Fined $500 and
so days in Jail.
State VS.. Ed. Timberlake. Plead
guilty to retailing. Fined $500 and
so days in Jail.
State VS.. Win Jeans. Plead gull
ty to carrying concealed Weapon.
Fined $1O0 and 80 days in Jail.
State VS.. Pat Lockett. Plead gull
ty to having stolen goods in his pos
session. Sentenced to penitentIary
for not less than Is months no more
than two years.
State VS.. Fred Hudson. Plead
guilty to stealing ride on. a train.
Fined $40 and 10 days.
Civil Proceedings.
VIM. l.. Barr VS.. Commercial Bank
& Trust Co. Exception Of no cause
of action sustained.
Covington Bank & Trust Co. VS..
Fred R. Jones, NJ D., Geo. II. kOepp
and Geo. H. koepp, Inc. Judgment
in favor of plaintiff and against de-
PENDANTS in solido for the sum CT
$4G3.SO and costs, ETC..
Standard Oil Co. VS.. J. H. Harvey
and Wife. Judgment in favor OF
plaintiff for $34.5O and costs.
Betsy Ti5on VS.. Jim Miley Juds-
ment in favor af plaintiff rendering
an absolute divorce.
J. Harry Warner VS.. Paul Glrau-
det. Judgment in favor Of plaintiff
recognizing him as the owner of one
half undivided interest in the pro-
cess of procuring gum camphor anu
other products for which the paten.
may be issued, and judgment tor
plaintiff for $4,000.
Covington Bank & Trust co. vs.
James Koepp and c. A. A. koepp,
Judgment in favor of plaintiff for the
sum of $4,000 and costs.
Mary A. Bryant ct al VS.. George
Jr. Judgment in favor or
plaintiff for $1261.00 and costs.
Theodore Galatas VS.. Vera Tyson
1alatas. Judgment in favor OF plain
tiff granting absolute divorce. :
Obedine J. Davis VS.. Stephen L.
Davis. Judgment in favor OF pia'n-
tiff decreeing absolute divorce.