DISTRICT COURT - February 1900

Crowley Signal February 3, 1900

This term of court was brought to a close Wednesday and everything in the neighborhood of the court house looks lonesome and deserted.

Judge Dupre passed the sentences upon the prisoners who had been convicted and the sentences he passed upon those of the most important were as follows:

Martin Jones alias Mayfield, Frear LeBleu, Robert and James Sires; imprisonment for life in the state penitentiary.

Joe Bennet, Virgil Hingon Joe Bennet, Jede Ardoin, Eugene Fournerat and Roman Fournerat one year in the state penitentiary.

Singleton Harmon, two years in the state penitentiary.

Thos. Wells, alias Banks, to be hanged until dead.

Judge Dupre stated to a Signal representative this morning that this would be the last term of criminal court a civil term.

Judge Dupe and District Attorney Lee Garland left for their homes today in Opelousas, together with all the St. Landry attornies.

In the case of Azarie Meaux who was up for trial Thursday charged with assault by willfulling shooting at, the jury returned the verdict of not guilty. The case was argued Thursday evening and considerable interest was manifested owing to the fact that Meaux had served a term in the penitentiary for a similar offense, but sufficient evidence could not be produced against the prisoner. The jury was out about three quarter of an hour, when the above verdict was brought in. Meaux was represented by P.S. Pugh.