New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-03-03

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RECORDER WINTERS CouRT-FIrSt District
John Reilly and Mrs Reilly were arraigned be-
fore this Court yesterday, charged withlraising
disturbance in the house of Mr.. Thomas Dick
son, on st Peter street, and committing an
assault and battery upon that individual Mr..
Reilly was sent before the First District Court,
and his lady was required to give bond forfeiture
good behavior.
Female Tagrants Maria Kelly and
Mary McManus were yesterday elected to mem
berships of the Work housa, the former for the
space of so and the latter 80 days
| Larceny. Ann O'Haloran made affidavit
yesterday against Mary Reilly and Catherine
Domingo, charging them with having stolen
| from her the sum of twenty dollars. The par
ties have been arrested and the examination
fixed for to-day, the prisoners being remanded,
Bond Forfeited The case of John Ryan,
charged with having stolen cap from q house
on the corner Of St Joseph and Camp streets,
was yesterday called, and accused not appear
| ing, his bond of $500, signed by John Derkin,
was declared forfeited and the papers were sent
| to the First District Court
.4nother-James McGuinness, charged with
| having assaulted and attempted to kill A. Cos
| tello with brickbats on North Market street,
| failed to appear yesterday when his case was
called, and his bond of $500, signed by Pat P
| Donovan, was also declared forfeited. Papers
sent to the First District Court.
The Shell Road .Ifair.-We gave the par
| ticulars, some days ago, of an affair which oc-
Cured on the Shell Road, near the Metaire
| Race Course, wherein couple of horses at
tached to carriage became frightened by
buggy attempting to pass ran away and plunged
| into the canal, and thereby ruined the carriage
and lost their own lives. Samuel William, and
/ the lady who accompanied him in the aforesaid
buggy at the time Of the accident, were yester-
day arraigned on the charge of furious driving,
and of having maliciously and wantonly caused
1 a collision between the buggy and carriage, by
which it was alleged the accident was brought
about. AS this case is of some interest to those
| of our friends who are in the daily practice of
rafting along the Shell Road behind &c fast
nags, we will briefly state what was elected
on the examination. twas shown that William
and the lady had been to the lake, and returned
to the halfway house; that they had started
to repeat the drive, and, after passing the toll
gate, the lady took the reins herself and had it
all her own way, many ladies have done
| heretofore They had a magnificent pacing
horse, Star Of the South, from the stables OF
| MIR. W. N. Rogers, and two witnesses testified
that he was not driven at an unusual rate Of
speed at the time the carriage was overtaken
| it was also shown that after the accident oc-
CURED Mr.. William stopped his buggy and re-
turned to the assistance of the persons in the
carriage. The defence was ably conducted by
Col. Wood who strenuously commended for the
existence of certain Shell Road privileges, and
succeeded, we thought, in demonstrating from
the testimony, his clients innocence of any
malicious intention or Wanton recklessness The
| examination occupied several hours, andresult.
ed in the discharge of the lady, and the com
mitment Of William to the Criminal Court, un.
der bond of seven hundred dollars As matter
of warning to those whose manner of driving
places human life in jeopardy, by hazardinf
such accidents the decision is undoubtedly cor
sect, but as regards the merits of the case it
self, we cannot believe the man guilty al
charged.
RECORDER RAMos's GouRT-Second District
Daniel Ward is under arrest for assaulting
woman named Anna Mannion, at the corner o
Claiborne and st, Louis streets, striking, kick
ing and choking her He awaits examination
before this Court
LaFceny.-Louis Bergman was sent befor
the Criminal Court, under bond, to answer
charge of having stolen n violin from bee
house in Charities street, The instrument wa
valued at $50, and was the property of on
Henry Fake,
Dishonest Darkey.-A warrant was yester
day issued for the arrest of a black dray driver
who is charged by the Captain of the schoone
Transit with having appropriated to his owl
use tarpaulin which had been entrusted to hi
care.
FIRST DISTRICT GouRr.---J1dge Robertson.
Trial for llltrder.---N William johnson and An
drew Melville were put upon trial in this cour
Yesterday for the murder of Christian Netting
on the morning of the 18th of July last, at 0
during ball in n house on the corner of Louis
street and the Leyee. The full particulars
this affair, so far probably as known to an
human being except the murderers, have al
ready been published. The testimony went t
show that Netting was very drunk at the ba
on the night of the murder, wore a valuahl
gold chain and silver watch, and boosted {
having considerable sum Of money about hi
: person: that he left the ballroom shortly afte
, II o'clock in company with johnson, who state
E that he should walk with him a portion of tn
way home; that Melville Joined them outsid
and the three departed together. and that no
: thing more was seen OF Netting until the 10th
nearly three days subsequent, when his bloate
7 and dsfgured corpse, bearing marks of violenc
: upon the head and breast, was found in tn
e river, several squares below the point where
is probable the murder had been committed
/, Deceased had been robbed of his watch chail
and money, aud of everything in fact except hi
g clothes, and a gold ring which the murderer
c had in vain attempted to remove from his finger
5 The body was much swollen, but was identife
/, by his brother,
l Very little testimony was produced fayorabl
I to the characters of accused, and that was of
i nature entitled to but little credit, while tina
a hrnuoht Sfnrward m the mart Of the Stat