The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-02-16

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FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY Is.

FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10.
TnE cr OF Tas CLERK OF Fnsr
HIM before the Second Di.t1ic Cou JUICE ca on to try
WcIsnry, for an alleged contempt Of Court bavin been
the amt saG nG n sssd ,S - b
yas cited, were pesent-James Foulhouze and Robert
enrs as dendant With The Attorney General was ao
cited bnt did not aprear The Attorney General havinr
nothing 70 do with on reporting himself to the Court was
allow d TO ',epart. The case was then 'nvestlsrted
it Is D DeSe.ss" y 70 sis%en'' whe6 hsvs
eady apnesIed in this In JGy Or Aagu las sew
tn voyage from Vera Cruz TO this city On the a,v,
e. % fGst a name esa oMn
the persons who had committed the thes Inc sum o.
oy annd e ena n n and said 70 b. he
soien, was seized and placed in the hands O. the
der enos Al committed FIR trial before The Fl District
Court When they were committed tn money was 'TIns;;
lepoitary. clerk Of the FIRST District Conrt. J. has re
@ @ es axe to and nj s TIED sh
found guilty. own, who gave the committing magistrate
new TIKI was Fsnt,d to Steward he was acquitted on
reformation. and the Attorney General entered mole
g,osequi on I'll the Others He (steward) therefore.
HavEg explained TINS far the reader viii be enabled
BY documents produced in Cout was shown that Jesse
McFienr filed ire following petition in the First District
Cont, the 9th November last
To the Hon JONI NcHrSRy huge Of Tie First District
Court Sf Msc 0r as rs; o,,.,,. o.,
Bs.
lanes Nc! can snt Geo-ge Brown. OF New osesns ar
hundred and Fl ty dolIa-oar hundred and fifty dollars
nj the said Of money dence By promssoy notes,
tio" r.. rsmainng two hundred dol ar. IS due to you
ae'io"e from the sores aid defendants for process ona
Your petitioner further ents that the aforesaid de-
nm Of money or aey It hersof afkooTS duly ack ow
edged by them and amicaby demanded o! the said de
Wherefore retio'er rays that the afore DE-
ardans be cited to and answer this re'in and
b. cnndamueA jointly solido to vour net ione
Of h""G and fifty doa
The answer to this petition w,s ol'ows:
New ORLEANS, Vow. 9Th 1s4s
ion and c alton and al other fo-ma tiles etc-Sg ned)
Geo. NJ. Stewart, Geo. Brown James McLane
On the day, Nov 6, the following confession I
iufgem ent was made:
FIRST Dtstri.c, Court" Je, Sc McHenry rs Samuel
Your espond n na come into ri. Hon Couri an for
es to sst Uaia If in the full .um set forth an lain hy
i'm his psttinn. and have objection that judgemer
on~si of Which, most resnectfuI,v sub% tied; &c
Sgnsd), George NJ S ewart, George Brown Jas. McLane
Next the jHdg ment
ON motion of pniniff in .Dropria persona. and u?on
hcwing the Cont II. confess q indictment mad BY The
M"Iare now filed and proved by he te.tim"nv Of Lou
ere and Nohe't T!epagnier experts appointed by The
Ha ." nr %S,,Gn s S and ieee that the
fra from the sogs ut 6Dn
J"fremsn ea'eed November 9Th 19aS and signed N"
vember 10th, 1913. JOHN MctfENRy, Judge.
Here are co les of the "promssory notes. on which
judgement was obtained
s1NH NEW ORLEANS. Sent 2 1S4S
One month after date mo" Use to Jesse NJ Henry
JAMES McLAsE.
s1EOJ VIEW ORLEANS. Sent; 2 1913
One month after date nromi pay jesse McI nrv,
tc N GEORGE BR"wN.
s1nO1 NEW OpLEANs. Sent 20. 1873.
Ore dsv after date We her Of us to to
Jesse McHAny, order, one hundred dollars TOR value
On the 18th inst rule was taken the Attorney Gene
raj r the Frs Dstr Ct to show why the sum Of s4s5
s,sts, Lave aSd Brown s5oaS net ssia b NJ
ssh j in pursuance of the above JUDGEMENT his avo'
og b u II"
ed Here the immeda'e cause Of the diff nifty NJ
pe e he % nd was
msd to prison for contempt OF Cont for ten rs o. rn
made ray defendant the suit FOR the belor gne
to which was I'D NJ sues and attached o ss
Ron seau party their applied the Cont Firs'
Dtc) o1 suspens,ve appeal from the judgement return
The examined Sheriff LeWi' Ions See
osaner Denny Sberir Mr. evils testified hat Iesso Nc
Henry and JUDGE McHenv Of the First District Cent,
br hers Mr. Sere testified 10 he s'me that the iSsne
he tho confession of u the note; ned on
aud rule in the han writing of Jesse MrHenrv
that Judge McEenry Mr. Rousseau ntimating to him Az
ntention EMPLOY counsel 20 in his (NcHenrv
Court him he (tha Judge said they appeared he would
romnt both Rousseau and his counsel to pr that in the
of Of the claimants the in the bands OF
Rorsseau- Holm s-Ju Pe Mcpenrv in ordering The sum
oamed he given up did with condition that Holmes
should give bonds Mr. Rousseau that in the
Jes NJ Henry his order reremptorv and without
Qualification or condition a. that he hs Winess) IRE.
sened fo signature to the Indge on the day Mr. Rousseau
was committed Vera orders order TO
enspensve appea for Mr. R. which the Judge refused to
sign the Clerk Of the Court was not esent to sign it.
Int signed The o. her orders.
Mr. Trepaeuer proved that the seal Of the court affixed
the corritnpnt of M Ron afHxed nv him as
Dsnusy She if by order of the Judge and not by the
neten offirsr The clerk nv Budd stated IL attachment
Nr Rousseau inderendent of the claim of jesse McHeny
amounted to $4,000 without costs
After an exam nation Of the evidence Judge Canon
deed the following dec sion to be rendered
State Of Louisi nn alfred Rossen On aor
considering the evidence ad ured conSier further sec
of act emit lied N act 10 oganZe 'strict coufs IN
tho parish of Or'eans" appr0ved A "r 18Th P45 c0's
'ene n ther act entitled An Act amend me ac en-
proved Febrnarv 18th. 1906 nd o eabsh 2 Court o.
rrimina Jun d ton and TO other purnnses arpro ed
March 18th 1878 cor deng fnrthe- art OF the Code OF
prsccn- by thereof dr. adndge and deere tha,
lie pica ut the writ Of hdbeas namely, Alfred
| Rousseau be and is d scharged from cnsto ~.
Mr. Rousseau was accordingly discharged.
CHarGE OF nARBnPIN6 RrNAwAy,-Capt. Rowad
isb e. of the steamboat Arkansas No A. yesterday
arrested the instan"e Of w. named v; aveau