The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-06-18

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Our readers viii remember, that days since we gave The
circumstances Of ardged larceny by acoore man
victor Collins Collins acstcd on the 18Th inst on the
eaiseoi stealing si4Vo given as stated by Joseph Martin,
ieyee CLERK to las confidential servant mnlao woman
TO carry on board certain steamboat The girl 50 The siory
ran entrusted The funds Collins an acquaintance whom
Fhe met IN the eis to take the boat and he failed 10
deliver ~ The nokt day MIR. Martin anneA m Rscorlsr
fenos for war; NJ and Collins ,,s a,reseJ bv o,oer
LaFugue-e eFe found in n posse sion ON the evan
lnauon one iip Boyer rec man Of color claimed the
oAis W me iunds aibr satisfying Martins claim, and
ColiGas committed 10 take his al before the First Dis
q Court After his nnitrer, Il Is aid ~, r.
ments made by Boye that charge Of theft was an error
ots in the andsn order given for the
,a % So4is--hs was escorted on board boat,
siV given ND and lac thus conveyed ont Of the State
new phaAs has been given to this transaction which will
explain the reasons why this mode adopted to
ele ne Testimony taken before Recorder Genos roes
that another party lost the money found in the pos
eeh OF COlns and that the proceedings by Martin and
Boyer wee the result Of conspiracy to obtain the funds
1t seems that on Beye information the man was arrested
and that he was eognza of the large sum in the
OF Collins The following is the evidence taken agains
effect:
tie is clerk the steamer Latona and on the I'd inst
while the boat was Al the Parish of Laiourche he received
from Dr. T. Dansereau package containing 90 $40 49, will
instructions to deliver the same Mess p. Pavy Lob
Cos merchants of city, the arrival Of the boat at III,
eyee Deponeu believed that the money had been trans
foi brother to the captain of the Iatona and who was il
The habit Of taking charge of packages Of the kind on thu
atnVai oil the boat few days after this LOUIS mula,
employed on the boat left it. On last Thursday the 18th inst
Nd Iead OF the arrest by Lieut. Lailgue Of one Victor Collins
SlnHiHo, having in his possession the sum Of $3.50 ant
having aseeraned that the package of money contanin.
szV had never reached its destination he Immediately ss
peeted that the accused Victor Collins and the man Louis
who had left the boat were The same Further Investigation
proved 70 him that his suspicious were correct and that In
s4a LOUIS nau stolen the package. Finding that Collins
Sas LOUIS arrest Joseph Martin, evee clerk. and Phil
boyer Tree man Of COLOR had appeared before the Court AM
camed the money found he therefore charged them witt
having irapdueny and under false pretenee obtained III
same thereby committing the crimes of swindlng an
perjury
The swotA statements of Martin and BOYER are both to Ii,
effect that their money stolen OH the 12th inst Mi
Thomas package was taken some days before, The follow
lng evidence shows that Louis and Collins and tn
same aud that he had the money on The 10th
Christopher Antique dep0sed that on Monday nightth JO
int Louis came to his coeeouse the Of Dauphi
and Bienye streets, and told him that he had won prz
in the Havana Lottery of 5000 On the next day Ion
came back and exhibited package Of bank bills conainn
one mole OF sl000 of $780, Of $780, and several
fifty dollars each -Four days aferward depOnent was in
formed thar said Louis had been arrested the charge
larceny.
Martin having been arrested the latter made write
statement as follows:
That he guilty the charge brought by Mr. Thoma.
that he did make oath before Recorder Genos that he
The owner OF one $3.50 bill OF the Canal and Banking Com
pany found in OF the trunks of the coored man Vcto
Collins that the aforesaid bill had been taken from him
me 18th inst in IRENE street that Thuday he iuforme
en arigue of the occurrence, and asked for the arrest
ohns Boyer further stated that he had had the bill for III
last TWO months, having given change for it at the eating
mouse OF feter Mcdonald cooFed man, and gave il for sal
keeping 10 the wife of Mcdonald On the 18th he got bac
saul note Tor thespurpose of paying fora slave.
10 the above, Mrs. Mcdonald replied by filing her athdi
VT 'nat the accused had never deposited money with her
any time aud that yesterday the son of Martin had called an
told her that Boyer had been arrested and wished to zee he
hartn ana BOYER are now in prison The former ave unde
stand mas enjoyed good reputation a business man