Biography of 	Berault, Judge St. Maurice Orleans Parish, Louisiana 
Submitted by 	Mike Miller November 1997

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    Judge St. Maurice Berault, attorney, New Orleans, La., was
originally from the Empire state, born in New York city, May 6, 1815,
but has been a resident of the state of Louisiana since 1837, and one of
its ablest attorneys since 1848.  His parents, Charles Berault de St.
Maurice and Caroline Desabaye, were both natives of the island of St.
Domingo and members of wealthy families.  They were married in New York
city.  The father was a professor of French literature, and the mother
was a sister of the celebrated Mdme. Chegaraye, of New York.  Judge St.
Maurice Berault received a thorough education in both the English and
French, and in 1839 took up the study of law in Louisiana, to which
state he had come in 1837.  His legal preceptors were Judge Thomas Gibbs
Morgan, of Baton Rouge, and Judge Edward Simon, of St. Martinsville.  He
was admitted to the bar in 1842, and at once began to practice in the
parish of St. James. On the 27th of April, 1861, he was appointed by
Gov. Thomas O. Moore as judge of the Fourth Judicial district of
Louisiana, composed of five parishes, and acted as such about three
years or until the state passed under federal control.  While holding
that responsible position Judge Berault was prompt, industrious,
laborious, and strictly upright and impartial.  In his hands the scale
of justice turned only in obedience to the demands of the law.  His
opinions were terse, clear, forcible, accurate and well supported by
authority.  He was joint senator from the parishes of Ascension, St.
James and St. John Baptist before the war, and immediately afterward he
served another term.  In politics he is a stanch democrat.  In 1874 he
removed to New Orleans and is now attorney for the New Orleans & Texas
railroad.  He is a member of the Catholic church.  In 1847 he was
married and two living children-a son and daughter were the fruits of
this union.
 
 From Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, volume 2, p.
284. 
Submitted by Mike Miller