New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-05-22
WHO THREW THAT Brick ?-Thi,

Who THREW THAT BRICK This case came
on for yesterday before Recorder Winter
On the lith instant, William A. James, young man
who engaged at the shipping house of j. IT. Ashbrlre
made an affidavit setting forth that the evening of
the l4th instant while riding horseback through
Ichoupitoulas street deponent unprovokedy as
saulted and struck the head near the temple by u
stone thrown by Edward Boyle The life of the
tor was endangered by the blow.
VIM. A. James, sworn-Testifed that he was riding
along Tchouptoulas street Friday last, about 61
O'Clock PM person came up on his right side who
had large stone in his left hand and caught hold of the
reins of the horse which witness was riding with his
right hand lie said that witness was down at the Dutch
Ball or Garden and that witness the person he
after Witness replied to accused that he was mistaken
He then said, You belong to No. 2 don't you ,i Wit
ness answered, II belong to No, Companyn He said
1t is not so and used harsh language and smoke VIC
enty and threw the stone at witness which struck him
on the right side of the head the temple Witness
was nsensible then for short time and started his
tor (Dr Reynolds wanted to leech him The stone was
thrown with violence Ed Boyle the prisoner at the bar,
Is the person who struck me (witness Witness recog
nzed him by his face. countenance and size Witness
had never seen accused before that afternoon and had
never had difficulty with him.
, Dr. David Reynolds sworn said-I saw Mr. James on
the day he assaulted and found he was bruised with
evident commissions on the templar region The stone
must have struck him with its fiat side If it had struck
MN ltle further back the result would have been Sc
rlous The stone must have been thrown with great
deal OF violence from the nature of the bruse When
called james was using wet towels prescribed the APP
pcaton ice the tncturo of camphor and camphorated
soap hniment, and leechng
officer Richardson swornSaid that he was the Office
who arrested the prisoner and that he ened benp Ma
boyle from the first and that his friends tried to resce
him. Witness called an officer and sent accused to fine
watch house He did not admit his name until he got
into the street He said if the boys would stick to him he
would not 60 and resisted.
Mr. Holly recognized the accused in court This wit
ness confirmed the testimony of prosecutor in all parti-
After the testimony closed youth named Andrew
Eagan made the following affidavit against himself as
follows That the 18th instant on Tcbounitn,Ias
street etc, deponent threw at W. A. James stone with
which ne struck the said james the left side of the
lace, about the cheek bone Deponen mpelled to
te act from the TACT OF his having been insulted some
days previous at the Beer Garden at the Old Basin Nv
said James Deponent states this of his own freewiI
without being urged to it,
Both Boyle and Eagan were sent for trial bef,re to
F}rft District Court WHY
rWALLoPINe AN ErHop.-P. Hanmore for using a brick
on the mead OF an Ethiop, before the First Dis
ANorHER.-P o'Keefe for the same offence was se,t
before the First District Court
Thrown OUT OF AWINnow-The case of Charles Rev
holus q a., CHARGED by James Flemming with robbng
ana with throwing him out of the third story of
window Of Beattys Exchange on the ed Of April last
was continued. f '
An immense variety of other cases were disposed Of
BREACH OF TRUST AND LARCENY Charles
Allen yesterday made affidavit that during the night nre
viou one CHARLES Anderson in his employ MS
feoniousy left his premises carving away with him the
loAow,ng properly Oh this deponent to-wit: S245 in
American god com and sovereigns, gold watch of the
value of $40 two silver Watches worth 500 two breast
pins two gold shirt buttons and three gold rings of the
son with breach of trust and larceny Warrant issued
MURDER MOST RouL,--An Anticipated gent
came into our office yesterday with an eoquenty written
arce done IN FRENCH wherein he detailed the story
ten document stated that the writer thereof had been
sassinated on the 18th instant in very yiainous and
cold blooded manner Not only this but the murderer
had confessed the crime and had surrendered himself far
trial under the caes of the law such case made and
vded After patient investigation the individual and
mise nor Of any of damage person save
on the side of his head said to have been by
dow put which we regard as but unnatural deyel
OF opinion that he has been assassinated