New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-19

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an inquest the body Of girl twenty years old named
Priscilla Porter found dead in cigar store the
of Porte and Leyee streets Verdict Died Of acute
inflammation Of the stomach,n 81
FIRsT DISTRICT CoURT - Judge Larue. -
There suury trials in this Court yesterday Henry
Dese accused Of receiving stolen property knowing to
showed that tho prisoner the recipient q portion
Of the money taken from the house the corner Of Craps
and Clouct streets the 18th Of February last by Jean
Adam and Antonio Delse, who murdered the slave girl
Catherine order to effect the robbery 1t will be re-
membered that Adam and Antoine Dese afterwards
tome dese and though he refused to participate ID the
MURDER received portion Of tho spoils He made cir
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produced and read the trial The jury without eay-
ling their seats, brought In verdict Of guilty.'
Joseph Trip on charge of assault and battery and
attempt II KIN was found guilty -
Auguse Estenford, f. M o., for an assault with dam
gerous weapon, was found guilty.
Daniel McClosky charge Of larceny was acquitted
Noe prosseQ entered in cases Of assault
and battery larceny and receiving stolen property know
Ing it to have been stolen.
A GRASS GREEN BURGLARY.-One of the most
verant operations in the record ooy was brought to
The notice q Recorder Winter yesterday fellow who
calls himself Shady and who TO have very inef-
mite idea OF the value of time brought up on the
charge Of attempting to rob the omicof local reporter
Of tho city press Since the days of the who at
tempted to eat soup with fork-of individual who
made an attempt to extract blood from have
Shady having leisure time to spare wishing merely to
keep his hand in in the ancient and honorable calling
things belonging other and caring little
about the profits made attempt aforesaid on the
premises Of the reporter, who lives Annunciatop
street. between robin and Race streets The robber COM
the house, and stood up in the window where lie was
plainly by the clear light of the The man Of
seems was an heirloom in the family. when the shedding
of blood fashionable than the shedding Of ink
and fourishing his head cried out Intruder
have got youM But 1t seems that he didn't e have
him q fer Shady made plunge, lodged and ended the
grasp Of big He was however, another
its scabbard to rust nglorouly Of DID, Shady on
proof Of the facts sent for trial before the First District
Court on the charge Of burglary
Mock AUCTION CAsE.--John Bergen yesterday
went into the auction store No. IA street. kent by
one abrams where lot of ten pairs of panaloons were
put for sale Berger bid SO IS for the lot which
he paid The auctioneer insisted that he shond
pay 80 rs for each pair Berger needing the demand
took the ten pairs Of pantaloons and walked off with
them the Peter Funk proceeded to the Police
Once OF the First District and had him arrested on n
charge of stealing the pantaloons s5S
SAw-George Anser some days ago made
before Recorder Winter that the evening Of
worth ST. and knife of the value Of 81 and that
during the night the said articles stolen and carried
away The saw vas afterwards found in possession Of
Thomas Monks who proof of the fact was sent for
trial before the First District Court the charge of lar
ceny. II ~ -
BLOOD AND MURDER.--A affidavit was made
yesterday by Charlotte Williams before Recorder Genois
in which she stated that on Saturday evening last man
named Harvey Policy, who Il now in custody came to
her house, on the corner of Dauphine and burgundy
streets having in his hand drawn knife and with his
clothes covered with blood He said that he had Just
been killing man He was arrested by watchman who
beard Of his statement and he is in jail awaiting an
investigation of the mystery
PRACTICAL AMAIGAMATION.--A white woman |
named Ann Cassidy, brought to the Police Office of
me second District yesterday charged with changing ou
u the wife Of black slave named Jim, the property of
Mr Cannon She had black child with her that calls |
lin daddy She was further charged with harboring
I'M who is runaway There being no law to reach the
Ease, it was dismissed. -
SHOES. John Porter was examined yesterday |
y kecorder Winter on the charge Of receiving pairs
\ SHOES stolen by the negro Robert, slave of Mr.
Jhurchi from the Of Mr. Martin on Canal street
and sent for trial before the First District Court
lNsANE.-A man named Murphy was yester-
aay sent by Recorder Winter to the Insane ASYLUM
Being questioned he said that he Roman Catholic
ana denied his religion for which he had recently
attempted to drown himself.
3 Pick POCKETS. Urp and 10 Bruggnan
are to be examined on the 10th nst before Recorder
,onne of $3.50 ~ -