The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-08-18

BEATING AND ABUSING A WHE.-2Theodore
Parnantier was this morning brought before Re-
corder GoI5ing, charged with cruelty beating and
abusing his wife. Amelia Pafmantier The lady
told sad tale Of wrongs and abuses since her mar
rage, two years and nine months since She states
that her husband beat her in less than week after
their marriage, and that since that time her person
has moi at any time been free from marks Of his vio-
Ience That when She has Been i'll he has refused
to call in DOCTOR and refused to get any medicine
for her saying that she was TOO great an expense to
him One Of the witnesses testified that he heard
Parmanfier eurse his wife while she was lying very
III in bed and say that she was too did expensive
The counsel io The husband attempted to establish
the fact, that Mrs. Pamantier had conducted her
sefin So criminal manner, that the assaults were
jusii6qse But this had but little weight, the
bratal treatment commenced so soon after marriage
1he good character Of Mrs. Parmantier was also
proved In tle clearest manner, and by her testimo
nytappeared that the alleged causes Of his assaults
were ia general the most triing and frivolous. Mrs
Walker lady well acquainted with Mrs. P. HAYS
ing known her from her infancy, testified that she
bel seen bruises on her person, inflicted by her
basbaAd: and further that she had heard him abnse
hiswife 10 the most shameful manner while she
was lying upon q sick bed, The witness also
stated ilat she had heard Parnaner use threats as
&c what be would do il his wife did not leave his
house Airs. Parmantier testified that her husband
had threatened TO Kill her, saying that she not only
cost him TOO much for medicine, but that she eat
tao much Mrs Moves lived for some time in the
same h0llse- with Mr.. and Mrs Parmantier: saw
ham choke hss wife, and raise chair threatening
Is dash her brains out. Has heard him say that
,le 10 much. trouble TO him. Has heard him
as aef 49, 5Ishe could not accuse her Of
iniRe9s e & ,ress links that Mrs. Parmantiers
trsatNat ss her husband was outrageous Mr..
Markham apH night Waterman, who has for some
5ine reslde n aliouse adjoining that Of Mr. Parman-
tier. was called on the part OF the defence lie
stated many circumstances which bore strongly
aaainstthe lady, bat his evidence was entirely cir
eamsmntial lie had seen men visiting the house
lfAlrg r. and acknowledged that he had put HIM
SELF To considerable trouble TO see something wrong,
Aut had been. unsuccessful Does not know that
Mr. PaFmanlier ever beat or abused his wife.
An6tlnr witness, also a night Waterman, was
,calI@Ag4f stated some circumstances which he had
sn..rSSAd Which had led him to form bad opinion
az tks ksv,s character. Resides near Mr. Parman-
tiers has and has seen men visiting .l. there Mrs;
Fisher suo M Has seen men visiting the house OF
Mrs Parnknfier during the absence OF Mr.. i. but
dsd Hot i1how who they We're Did not know
wheiber they were relatives OF Mrs. P.s or not.
Other Witnesses on the part Of the defence testified
that they had seen men gong INTO Mrs. IS mouse
dufng The absence Of Mr. Such visits have
been made during the last three months One OF
the witnesses for the defence stated that Mrs t.
had showed bruises on her person, which she stated
Wa8 inHicied BY her husband.
lhe ease vas dismissed the Recorder deciding
Iat no feceut case OF assault and battery had been
aade out Altogether the evidence was the most
singuiar % be ELECTED on an investigation of an
assault and battery case, that we ever heard The
counsel on The part Of the defence were allowed 4
more latitude than we ever knew in case of the
Bad. The character Of Mrs PaFmantier was over q
anled as far haeh as any thing was known Of her.
and her character finally beca4e the point at issue
the origj1al charge against her husband being en-
tiraiy Lost sight OF The law that jnstfes tins
course and makes such evidence relevant to a sim
pie charge Of assault, we have yet TO be made ac- (
qaainted with We consider it 10 have been the I
duty Of the counselof Mrs. Parmantier 10 protect I
lls client from sach a course. and also consider it /
the duty Of any magistrate to proectthe reputation
of parry appearing before him, when reputation 4
has nothing at all do with the point at issue We
do not wishto censure any of the parties concerned
ia the ease. but leave others to draw their in
terences from the facts as we have given them.