The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-08-28


R5RDER's CoURT-FIRsr MUNICIPALITY
Recer Genois had his hands full of business yes.
terd There were quite number of petty as
sauhrress for drunkenness, vagrancv and loa r.
ing,d disturbing the peace, which, although we
hayot reported them on account of the degraded
andsorrigible characters of the parties, occupied
gcdeal of the Recorders time. We give be-
loweFy thing worthy Of notice:
Cstn Leonard was brought up on the charge
OF ing siot and dangerously wounded Edor
hlps' Celestin Leonard had pistol and a
khi wh'n taken He had three accessories
nap, LOUIS pecher, Charles Taylor and Voltaire
ioiano. All of the parties are free men of color.
s-ajtA Peehsr also had a knife. Yesterday after
noo5 Ioregano gave bail to appear this morning,
nut Us ban was forfeited The difficulty between
LeoHrd and Rlvaros began in market in the morn.
ing pont some irifling matter, and Rlyaros then
slrndi Leonard in the face. Leonard was deter
mind on revenge, and with the accessories above
nanpd met Rivaros at the foot of Bayou ST. John
La2 end, and shot him. Rivaros died shortly
altei he was shot. The murder having been com.
Inlttd in the Third Municipality Recorder Genois
lranieTred the individuals TO The care of Recorder
Seu.eneau. There were four balls in Leonardo
pistd, all of which went into the body of Rivaros
ColtraueatiOn By free man of color.-Thomas
Brown, free man of color, was charged yesterday
witt having come into the State in contraventon
TO law. He arrived here on the British brig Tele-
gralh, and has been sent to jail, there TO be kept
unit the vessel sails.
sam Nicholas, alias Nicholas, who is sum ought
to have been ashamed of himself yesterday morn.
ing On the day previous, he got all fired drunk
tnaL he Law down on the ground in Condo street
ane went to snoozing, Immediately in the presence
OF aus horse and cart Some persons sent the horse
10 ne Stable, lett the carr in yard close at hand
am took Nicholas to the Watch-house. Nicholas,
yesterday, was very contrite, and the Magstrats
discharged him. He went siraightway TO make up
matters with his horse. He is sum-
Insulting Whlte Person--Numa Augustin, re.
siding IN No. 1873 Ursulre street, made affidavit
that, on Monday night, between ii and IL o'clock
one j heodule Petit, free man of color, came 10
MIR. Aueusie Lanusse's premises, next door TO de-
ponent (Mr Lanusse being then absentl and there
made great deal Of noise and scandal, and dis.
nfbince. Mr.. Augu-tin then called upon him To
stop his noise, wheteupon Petit turned on him and
grossly insued him, telling him he did not care a
- for either him or the Waterman, and that the
Waterman had nothing 10 do with him. Warrant
Issued for Pelit's arrest
Charge of Violent Assault and Batteru rtba
GasTafd, residing in Ursuline, betu cen Johnso1
and GdlVt streets, made oath before Recorder
tienois, yesterday, that on Monday evening. about
ive O'Clock, one Gilbert Brouillard came TO er
house, and grossly abused and strnck her three
blows on the head with pair of tongs. And that
he drew knife on her, and would have her
severely out Tor the interference of his wife. War
rant issued for arrest of Brouard.
A Dog Case Felix francois, Yesterday. made
oath that, about hali-pasi seven O'Clock, Monday
evening, he went to his washerw oman, in Condo
street, for some clothes that his dog followed him
and came in contact, in the alley, with one p La.
lou, VINO told him that he would k the dog and
struck him several blows that FsIix told Lain
not to do it, when Lafou took hold of Fe tx. and
shook hun, and would have strucS him, had he
not Teen prevented by neighboI. That Lafou
moreover, ihrea ened to give him, padally, twenty.
five practical poster9rcal illustrations Of his ire
hnE Hlah had n. -
ing against HIM, and would hang boih him and his
dog. Recorder Genois ordered LAfuu 10 find bail
for $500, or go TO jail, 10 answer whenever case
may be called up. Lafou .onnd bail at once.
Assault and Battery among Ladiss-A very
respectable case was argued by both female and
male tongues, before Recorder Genois, yesterday
rhs JJspEipal parties are well known IN the Firss
Nun cipaity. A dapper French lady named Nine.
Forney, who can indulge in the pathetic when il
suits, the 2lst Of this month charged Mrs Mo-
rel, a smart, brushing, business looking lady, ap-
parenty an American native, with having on the
night of the goth, at the Of Madison and
Condo Streets insulted and slapped her On the
the day of the affidavit Mrs. Morel was arrested,
and gave bail. The examination came on yester-
day. The lady complaining (Mme. Forney) had
host Of witnesses-enough to have proved all the
assaults in the First Municipality land that is not
looking to a small fgure) They swore Justify to
The commission of the offence. But, 10 when the |
nesses in true Indian file the Recorder became |
alarmed for his dinner for that day. They were
the most unanimous set of witnesses that ever en-
tered Court-they all swore to the same crcum-
told straight stories-al spoke I" like
books" After the evidence was closed, j. G. Da- |
vid, ESQ.,, the distinguished counsellor, addressed
the Court in favor of Mrs Morel, who on the mo- |
ment he had completed his eloquent speech, was |
discharged.
A Steamboat Hand ASRoye-Archibald Muir |
ply who. like nearly all desperate characters, |
when caught at their tricks, represents himself as
steamboat hand, was charged yesterday with both |
and swindIing. Archibald had an arch |
look, with devil-may-care dash of villany mixed
into it, that would be proof presumptive against |
him Of both offences any where. He was charged |
by u. Sneixschnaydre with being a dangerous and |
suspicious Understanding no show for a living |
and with being in the habit Of proving aboot dis
orderly places by night and day, in company with |
notorious characters But the special charge against
him was that he, the said Archibald Murphy, with
in a few days past, did rope in =" stranger ON |
the Levee and swindle him out of $50 or $40. 1t |
is believed that the stranger will be found and come
into court to substantiate the charge and in the |
Archibald was committed to the Parish |
Prison until further examination.
KEGoRDER's CouRT.-SEcoND MUNICIPALITY. |
There WAS little doing in the sentennp room of Pc