The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-04-25

POLICE PoT- PoURRI.-The Court of Recorder
Baldwin was yesterday crowded to excess Be-
tween thiry-ive and forty of the lower ten thou
sand " were in attendance. In the first place, Mrs.
Mary Durham was brought up for having obtained
sum of money under false pretences. The-gentle
lady was discharged, and sailed out of the dock
with flying colors. Roger Cannon had a heart so
full of the milk of human kindness that he attempt
ed to rescue a prisoner from the custody of Peter
Hand. The accused was discharged. :. Charles
Madden was picked up as very dangerous and sls-
picious character Being bitter enemy to purity
and police, the Recorder told Mr.. Madden that he
should send him down for 30 days This decision
maddened Mr. Madden more and more, as well
might be expected. Margaret Williams sent
down for 80 days for having threatened to cut the
Threats of some two of her neighbors, and
making ashes of their domics. :: Miss Catherine
Daily, lady with carroty hair, tongue that sound
ed like bell-clapper, and face that would have
frightened Caliban himself, was requested by the
Recorder to parake of the Injuries of the work
house for only month. Mary Smith, who
does not love the name of Mary WAS sent down
for ninety days for g violent conduct, bein' him
corrigbul wagabone, and continually disturbin of
the peace Mary walked out of the dock with
grace and ease of a dromedary with a touch of the
the govt, and muttered to herself that certain in
tensely tropical climate would be better for the po-
lice than that of New Orleans. "A beautiful syph
who did not weigh over two hundred pounds, and
who looked as though she could have eaten
round of beef and drank dozen of porter merely
by way of lunch, was required to give bail in the
of $500 to keep her dgts from the optics of her
gentler sisters or else go to Jail for six months.
This fairy-like creature rejoiced in the name of
Mag Dolan. :. William Thompson, an eccentric
gentleman, who believed in nothing but the earth
for bed and the sky for counterpart, was taken
up for being found taking nocturnal snooze in La
tayette Square. The Recorder very kindly gave
him shelter for month. A bright fellow named
George Ray, together with Cornelius McHugh and
James Wilson, not being able to give any account
of the character of their iandadies the texture of
their hed-linen, were sent down wagrans'' for
thirty days each. Messrs. Robert Brown, James
Conner and Anthony Cohn, lovely trio of filth
and rascality also shared the same fate .Cathe-
rne McGoley-and oh, was MT she buster was
sent down for 30 days. The Recorder would have
sent her for six months, but she big that he
knew the work house could MT have held her for
that length of time, so he let her off with month.
Kate only about six feet seven in her stockings
and stout in proportion. If Porter, the Kentucky
giant once sees her, he will pop The question, to
dead certainty She was the biggest woman critter
that ever did see, and the knees of some of the
small policemen trembled when they surveyed her
gigantic proportions She went out with a look
that seemed to say that it would do her heart good
to take the officer that arrested her by the heels and
dash his brains out against the new Municipal
Hall. :. Peter Riley and Philip DAILY, having taken
it into their heads that they knew more of the law
and the prophets than the police, attempted to res
cue prisoner. For this uncalled-for act of phan-
thropy they We're ordered to furnish bail in the sum
of $500 each, or go to Jail for six months. But
g the winding up of all Recorder Baldwin yes
terday had small regiment of loafers in his dock,
and displayed his usual generalship the occasion
of their courtmartia If things go on in this way
they IL have to make addition to the work house
shortly, or else move NewOrleans higher up the
river.