New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-06-09
NEWS OF The CIT Y.

lNoUEsTs-An inquest was held, yesterday,
on the body of an unknown colored man, aged
about IS years, found dead in the river opposite
the Convent, in the Third District. Verdict.
ssDeath by drowning
Also, upon the body of a man known as An
dreWs, native of China and aged SIS years,
found dead in Algers opposite the Barracks
Verdict, "Apoplexy''
FIRST DISTRICT.
ASSAULT WITH WHIP - James Carley. 81
drayman, was arraigned before this Court yes
terday on charge of having struck one G
snedeker over the head with the butt end of
us "nlp, with the intention of taking his life.
he was sent before the First District Court
under bond of $3.50
SERVED HIM RIGHT.-An itinerant merchant
named Boudesquie entered the house of Mrs
RYAN, some days ago, on Thala street, between
"nlte and Hercules, and instead of confnipo
MS attention to the process of legitimate barter
insulted Mrs. Ryan with proposals of an inaa
cent nature, whereupon that virtuous LADY,
"ho' besides being comely to look upon, was. by
no manner OF means trife in respect of physi-
cal strength and activity--dealt the unluckv
little peddler thwaek between the eyes which
noored him, and, following up her advantage.
she gave him very complete drubbinp and
Ahaliy e]ected him from the room with a yipor
GUS application of the toe of her slipper. The
fellow Immediately went to the police Office and
made an atf1davit, charging Mrs Ryan and a
couple OF other ladies with having stolen q nor
ton of his goods, beaten and cut him with hot.
ties and stabbed him with knives TIE 1000
came before Recorder Summers Yesterday. and I
after learning the full particulars of the affair
Ills Honor discharged the parties, administer.
ing a gentle reprimand to Mrs Ryan for NOT
having punished the amorous little peddler more
severely
CHARGE OF LARCENY. THE examination Of n
Il, Tucker, charged with having stolen the sum
OF htty-fou dollars from A. W. BURGESS wb;,a
that gentleman was sleeping in chair in b;s
room a. inc Arcade Hotel, resulted in the COM
INITIAL OF accused before the First District Court
under bond of five hundred dollars.
BITING OFF MANS NosE--Matthew Leonard
was examined yesterday on the CHARGE If boxn7
bitten Oft Timothy Connor,s nose and wounded
MS niger IN the same manner 1t appears the
parties lived on Philippa street, were neiehhors
anu got into tight in back yard, in conse-
luence OF previous quarrel between their
wives and other ladies, who must have baon
'@oeeolhgy amlable creatures, judging from
me testimony OF Tim Hays, which was as fol. !
ows:
i, Inc men were fighting when witness entered
'h %, J alu aeara the women call accused n !
: ollgo son OF bitch;' kept the women oyo, Q
% give the naptias foi, Erb | U
lnoek prosecutor down, and as he got nm again t
ne women told Conner to face him apain. and L
2ohhof faced him; Leonard knocked him down a
gam one OF the women then ATTEMPTED to hit n
leonard with a brick and another provided /
lerseii with billet of wood for his benefit: wit
'ess alsarmed them both; the majority of the u
women were down on'' Leonard. and would
ave killed him but for witness: knowa noth;,a
bout the biting part--had enough to do 4
aKlng care of the women; Conner was down :
'eohafd was over him, and witness was keenine =
ne women off; when Common first fell he cria53 =
Ut Tor mercy, but the women made him foco .
eonard again. ii1i law +
Another witness stated that the women en-
'ufaged their respective champions by clappinp
ielr hands and urging them to fight The Re- p hs
'faer sent Leonard before the criminal conrt i'm
nuer BOND OF $500 for trial on the charpe of N,
ayhem =.
SECOND DISTRICT, Or
USING THE KNIFE William Currins WOO o..
agned before Recorder Ramos, yesterday. nm =
charge OF having stabbed one Michael Elem.
ing The wound inflicted was not dangerous. .,
'cused was required to give $1,000 security for "
8 appearance.
ANoTHER.-A free colored man named Persner
ancols, barber on board the steamboat Delia. TO
0SA4ps
ide afhdav1t that one David Mahar had cut s.o'
n with knife. Mahar has been arrested and u.
Id to bail in the sum of $500 for his appear &
&c before the Second District Police Court. =
Two policemen have been arrested in this Dis ~ ="
Ct one named Mello, charged with assaulting I
4 beating woman, and the other, (name not BOZ
en) charged with forcibly entering a house
4 stealing n dollar
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