The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-08-26

his looks to us like something new in criminal
law practice. A party learns that a warrant has
been issued Tor his arrest and to cause him to APP
pear before the Judge at a certain hour Having
learnt this, we believe that it is his duty as a good
citlzen to be present, whether the warrant NAV
have been served on him or not. But instead Of
ihs, he sends Counsel and calls on the Judge to fix
1he amount OF bail, so that he may consider what
ne may do next The Judge fixes the bail without
ever having had the accused before him. This is
concession on the part of Judge that we believe
has precedent.
=, The information given us last night that Mr..
xeau is out OF danger, and that fears of Mr..
WITT need be entertained, is gratifying.
REcoRDER's CoURT-SECoND MUNICIPALITY.
" Green Un."-A well-tanned, big. bowed, short
and saucy female citizen. very consequent .r,,
folded her arms, and leant both them ar any
son on the railing in front of the ID iiS q peg
day, to ascertain what the "o,1r III ot saul
her, Wbat is your ne ,re 10 his bonar inon;ysad "
tieleh parry 10. !" answered he lille nsIv
isa lima" .'is Intercepted. "What have YOU
abe, ."g 10, ,2r living lately !" "only knocking
ut Would you like to go to The Work
mouse - On that Question being put, this weird
T5,er performed a manipulation on her naturally
i4rmdalhg eounlenance, by drawing down the
'ulEeheG SKIN Immediately under her eye and in-
'i'fing OF Watchman standing nigh her, Do
you ihink that old gentleman sees any thing presu
here Take her away take her away
slid lhe Recorder She taken off--very era
alhly though, for, at every step, she made fresh
huti, and uttered few curses, none of which he.
ing by any means loud, it was c0niectureJ that
house. vac "'ih-
One More Mexican War Case-B. HambIip. one
.! nose men who seem so well disposed as 10 in
'ulcde conscious innocence, was arraigned AZ The
'pdT Tor being drunk. He confessed the corn but
hoped ms Honor would let him off as " he never
wished 10 disturb nobody" Said he I was in
lhe me9lcan war, your Honor, ann never so much
40 UluuAso an elbow before went there but that
conlounded stuff, made of burning sand and boil
Jug wafer, that they give one, tears his very throat
out, and to tell the truth, your Honor, cannot
heib taking drink now and then, ever since. )"
wei, you are a Mexlean-war man, and as you
seem TO be civil fellow, you may go but the
me1lean-war wont let you off another Time The
SA-"dFrloF walked off proudly as il he had lust
been victor on new field.
Stolen Whisky.-Michael McAuliffe and Cath
arine McAuliiie, a beautifully welded pair were
arrested by one Of the % Municipality Police, on
FRIDAY last on the charge of having purchased
from IA negro four barrels OF whisky, which he had
Stolen They will be and appear F" to-day
Assault acith intent TO kH.-Benjamin Bynum,
who had been sentenced to "a hours Imprisonment
tor contempt Of Court, on Thursday, appeared in
side oil the railing on Saturday he being a member
OF the bar. So his term OF imprisonment
Tor contempt expired he had been re-arresed on the
affidavit of the Recorders Deputy Clerk, charged
with having made an assault d. Scully, Reporter
VI LIut btitdi Win intent to Kill him, Benia-
min Piled =" Not Guilty" Acting Recorder Hale
thought that extraordinary course to pursue,
seeing that the offence was committed in presence
OF hundreds, and before the eyes of the Court By
mum SAID that the latter part of the charge-"the in
sent to XII was what he objected to- As to the
assault, he had no defence to make He here de-
cared himself ready to go into an examination on
the spot. The State, he believed, was ALWAYS
ready. Mr.. q. w. Christy suggested to the Court
that day should be fixed for the examination in
this, in all other cases, where it was not known
what the defendants plea would be- As a friend
OF Mr.. Scully, in this matter, he made the sugges
Ton bynum insisted on being tried on Saturday
The Court told him that the examination could
not take place until Thursday next The accused
thought TINS very severe. He then addressed the
Court IN pathetic strain-adverted TO the yindic
tlyeness which many even of his own brethren Of
the legal profession had manifested towards him
reviewed his career in this city, which he described
as "A bret but hard one spoke of his aims
when he came to reside here, which were to build
up a reputation with reference to his future nros
pectsi and mentioned with regret that he had boor
opposed by all classes of the community and being
ground to death by the Police, who bad extor,a55
from hun large share of his hardly earned fees
ine heeGTaef thougf.s that all this was extraneous
n i ne accused asked the Recorder to send
the case uown to the FIRST District Court This
was done, the question of bail to be settled by the
Judge OF the First District Court.
Saturday was great day for explanations in this
Recorders Court. Before the great Petrie case
had been settled there, by the decision Carefully
arrived aD OF the Court, Mr.. Gaiennie begged every
body's pardon, and especially &c Your Honor's''
Col Field followed suit, and the Acting Recorder
seemed lickled to death with the compliments now
PAID him, Mr.. G. w. Cristy next arose, and the
' Acung Recorder doubtless thought that he also
was about TO administer to MIN little congratula
ton with the close of long trial. but Mr. Crisly
mentioned that he rose to correct some msappre-
hension in relation 10 his friend, w. w. w. Wood.
Esq, (who was sitting beside him. Mr. Cristy
mere read rom the Delta that MIR. Reese referring
TO the evidence of - Davis wa,chman, re.
marked that he was the swiftest witness in the
case, whereupon The Recorder said no, there was
aswliter one your own witness, Mr. Wood. Mr..
Crsty assured the Court that if any disrespect to
the testimony of Mr.. Wood had been limited from
any quarter, the counsel for the defence. AGAINST
whose cause that gentleman had been testifving
would have at once declared themselves freq from
any participation init. Mr.. Woods character was
too well known TO require either defence or exnlana
ton any where The Acting Recorder explicitly dis
avoWed the most remote intention to offer any dis
respect to Mr.. Wood; that gentleman rose and ac-
knowedged himself fully satisfied with the expIa-
nation, and then the attention of the Court was
directed 10 some other " unfinished business"
judgement on the PetrSe EEa1si,aation.-Act-
ing Recorder Hale said that, in relation to the
charge against Charles Petrie, First Lieut. of Po-
lice of the Second Municipality, it had been his
wish and intention to have furnished written
OplhluuJ put tue ldtlSue WHICH ne ndu endured Tor
some days past, prevented this. He would now
review the verbally and state the conclusion
at which he had arrived. He then went over all
of the important parts of the testimony of the pros.
ecuting witnesses in which that testimony had
been cOntradicted and destroyed by the evidence of
others. The details into which the Court felt itself
neeessated to enter, too gross for publication
here. On the whole the Court could see no posi-
BILE cause for believing that there was any truth at
all in the affidavit. He therefore discharged Mr..
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