New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-02-11
NEWS OF THE CITY,.

John 0nstead was arrested yesterday after
noon on charge of stealing barrel of lard from Mr.
Jas Calder He brought to the First District police
office and released on bond.
RECORDER WINTERS GoURT-First District
John Hoy arraigned before this yesterday,
on charge Of having stolen lot Of clothes and other
articles found in his possession He was remanded to
await examination to-day
REeEIvING Stolen PRorERPY.-A search warrant was
issued Thursday last for the recovery OF lot of pro-
perty stolen from the City Hotel consisting silver
plated ware glassware table linen ETC. supposed
been concealed in house the Of Dauphin
and St Peter streets portion of the property was
found, and named Christian Hyams was arrested
together with lady named Lena Hatson charged with
having received and concealed the same The parties
required to give five hundred dollars security each
for their appearance on the 18th inst.
MORE INsANtTY-Joseph 0rdones examined yester-
day upon charge touching his mental condition His
replies sundry questions propounded did all tend
to satisfy the Recorder in regard to his sanity and he
was accordingly sent to the Asylum.
FoRcIBLE Possession Dan somebody's slave entered
yesterday evening in house St Peter street
and stretched himself out for comfortable snooze Tie
was delivered over to the police and locked up
LARcENr.-James Mullins sent by Recorder Winter
before the Criminal Court yesterday charge
SwNpltNG-Mr Benjamin Bynum a gentleman of the
legal profession arragned before Recorder Winter
charge of having obtained the of twenty-five dol
lars from Mrs euno through certain false and fsudu
lent representations In the month of November 1852
the husband of plaintiff killed by Antonio DAn
gel1 and it charged that time subsequent tt
that event Bynum visited Mrs Cutno and represented
to her that it necessary employ attorney for the
prosecution of her husbands murderer and volunteered
his services in that capacity 1t further represented
that plaintiff had paid him the of twenty-five dollars
to perform such service and when the trial came on h,
net Forthcoming. He sent before the First Dig
| trict Court to answer the charge
1 FArAL FALL.-A man whose name is yet unknown wen
night bsore last into the Alabama House. at the
Lafayette street and the Levee for the purpose of oh
/ tanning lodging. He was furnished with bed in the
second sorry in room occupied by number of othel
persons, who nearly all temporary dodgers and
sequenty strangers to each other Sometime during the
night it appears this individual aroseeither under thu
i influence Of drunkenness, insanity somnambuisni
and precpitated himself through the window into tn
street pitching head foremost upon tho pavement below
and crushing his skull in dreadful manner 1t isstatet
that immediately after his fall he cried Watch
but when the peise reached him he breathing hi
\ last and was unable to articuate word An inques
held the body yesterday morning In the First Dis
rict Polceoce and the verdict OF the Coroner tn
following persons arrested for the purpose Of having
the matter thoroughly investigated John Walsh Mar
flanagan, John McDonough, John Cannon, Patrick Ian
| negan Thos Burke, John Gorbett and Pat, Cannon,