New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-11-28
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desired by the Superintendent Raroad pubc
present. able Judge whether the boy in fault
the 8sss "a ~ sss5 III s3ss
AccrpEnr-A man named Patrick Solomon, or T
sullivan whis wrsstns with smother the 1eyee
sesday, fell broke Of his legs BE taken to the
Charity Hospital. Dear sport, that 80
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COuRT.-The taking Of
testimony the or Capt Ellis late Of the stsamship ors
ousss concluded yesterday duly
Cack the prosecutions snd Mr. Bradford for the deene
At three o'clock the submitted to the jury.
After the jury retired Mr. Tarpan Of couus for Bugss
the other minor officers Of the steamship Galveston gave
notice that he intended make motion quash the
against his eene principal grounds being that none OF the
people lost were Galveston and hat the aicmest
not drawn up with the law governing such
Mr. Bradford upon lis stated that he would make snilar
motion behalf o his other client Capt Smith, o. the Calves
ton The hearing Of these motions fixed for to-day.
The Jury Capt Elss said out three hours and
brought of acqua The rendition Of this verdict
was applAuded court the Captains friends in manner
which forth the rebukDg by Judge Accalsb and
calls upon the Marshsl to preserve order u
trial Of the other officers Of the Opelousas Is to be
ceeded with Monday. 5
FIRST DISTRICT CoURT. - Among the prisoners
aaigned yesterday George stova the old Who 50
horribly murdered his mistress Mary Ray Durand morn
ing weeks ago. Upon the Indictment being read to
him. the establishment Of every body in court be plead
guilty and asked the Judge to defer sentence until he could
settle his business affairs and otherwise prepare for death
The Judge demonstrated with him, kind spirit aud asked
H W A'
abiding by plea. Hereplied hst knew full we'll what
about and talked. general like who had made
up his mind die The Judge told him that he had btter
withdraw the plea least consult with lawyer before max
ing final offered to furnish him able counsel for the
pose pondered little concluded the
advice The Judge eeupon appointed Christian Roseus
his adviser directed the clerk the plea offered
by the prisoner The latter then the dock and COM
posedy took his await his prison. 1t
unusually dramatic to behold atheryleoking
kindfaced old who stood high iu the community.
calmly forward, snd as lay down his life But he
awful murder confessed and philosophical
| enough to stare his doom in the face ~
Several parties dismissed by nce prosseq and num
ber Of cases continued.
only John Mckay, for the murder Of his
4 wife Gel Field defended him. The testimony for the State
showed hand the Gas Works. who resided
Peur street. between Common and Gasqust sreetshad
habuay drunken wife, whose drunkenness got him into the
habit OF beating herr thst on the night Of the 10th Of August
last be went home drunk himself gave his wife beating and
the and that morning she dead
upper part of her body and her limbs being bruised by the
blows received and her mouth little bloody George Adams
slept door, heard her receive the beating and the
DOORS about two at three O'Clock he heard
moaning four when he for the day,
he heard she dead Barrett brothern-aw Of MeKays
their being hassersst6ed that in consequence Of
Ellen her sister s wife) used frequently
there look after her and her children and Mckay used
frequently and with hen his wife being TOO drunk
to get him anything to eat at home. l-Sg5
On the preceding the murder in of
trious man. who his family and provided we'll for the
being only while that he drunkBarett went to
his house to see got home and protect his wife from
the which he apprehended He found hsr lying the
floor dark. with her youngest child sucking cropping
for her breast He get his wife and help put
her bed wife had sick child to attend to- and eouldnt
CO. went back alone and found Mrs. Mckay sitting up
child in her sp but she was helpless and he put
and the child obed together with the other Children tucked
the mosquito around them, and left He could not tell
whether his sstenaws stupidity and heplessness on thai
occasion owing sickness drunkenness Aferwad
beating the election and the DEATH testified to By
Adams The testimony to Mckays brutal treatment OF his
brutal wife clear and positive
Dr. the first witness put the stand for the defence
AS city physician he had made the examination Of
the He found bruises her legs and the
upper part Of body and slight in her lip Could
tell by the bruises with what Of they made
Found proceeded from rupture Of the liver There
no external of violence in the region of the liver
impossible for him to state what caused the rupture
might have blow given in such to have
mark might have been from slight accidental
collision with object in staggering around particularly
the whole inner system diseased by nemperance
and her especially brittle and liable rupture from
slight On the whole It had been Utterly impossible for
) the Doctor to decide what caused the fatal rupture
At this stage trial. Attorney General Noise
stated there doubt the OF DEATH in
prosecution MURDER the accused bound to have the
benefit doubt and that the testimony of Dr. Hart
had established doubt which could be explained away
would prosecute the further but submit it to the
!, jury at once for his part
Upon this Col waived the examination some eight
or ten whom he had in waiting the
case on his part to the jury, without remark.
The jury retired, and in few minutes returned with verdict
| of acquta. Hs3 -tsH
a RECORDER STITH's CoURT.-James Meehan was
partially examined Yesterday eR charge o having murder
e.
I'D and ss ebs
continued account of the absence Of
Catherine Carroll held charge of having
having house aod sssa o1
s s bs the % peF es I With
in toleraag his Voluntary presence in her house
Tsss issE m
rs but ssssa y e1 %
and and arrested Thomas The particulars Of this
uShs Ford was snt
examined on the Sd prox. fl4 ,sgss ag6gt s.
y RECORDER FABRE's COURT Hamilton Rowan was
sass ssa Sses on ON saas q hayRs sessd
Recorder bail $1,000 appear for es
A. esieie was arragued on charge of having colecta,
& FL S s ssee
ton y Me about four months ago. He bail Of $40
Mrs NJ Deterwar St. street. between Da,phne ant
o
as s ess % s,e ns TEs Sa ss
ct appear u--..,. ..s5.s
ssasss Of hsy
goods which he ad been hired to take from Simon Frank,
store, No. % Charters street. Vincent Sos auction
ane. In default of hail Wright sent to prison.
Sarah Ann Farrell gave bail charge threaten
ing to kill Paul Theas and actually treating his child
years old, all on Derbigny street on thursday.
Carl shoemsker bail TO charge OF threatenn
to kill Sophin Glaspha Of Maras
Jey, slave OF Higgins, ordered to lashes
beating Hamilton white man and policeman Thursday
Vs. RECORDER SoLoMoN's CoURr,-- Victor Ross,
Spanard yesterday surrendered himself knowing ta he
= charged with beating Mrs. Wallace
70 Norma Petitpan, who after charge
threatened to kill Frank Hader and Charles Wesenberge VIII
sent after charge sf selling liquor both
rendered IN court and bail to appear for examination
: cruelty lam based Charles England on the leyse.
- !, RECORDER ADAMS CoURr. John and Jane
McRobetts yesterday before The First Distric
on Court under bail of 500 each for Jointly asaning and bal
1; Robert Farmer court under bail
$0O for beating Mary and Rosina Sehing the
IN jackson AID Dryad streets
Charles Smith, Of the ship Spodn and John Jordan
Of the ship Permento, fined $40 each for comm
y ashore in contrayention of law ~ -. 72l-STf
Frank Lamber held TO examination charge of havn
u. unlawully polished of 4 Levy.
VIM Halle was held for examination charge Of hRvir
fred of his shotgun in font Of Mrs Emelie wolds
, OF the inmates Est ~ = tr-}
s. AN INSANE JEwELER = In Mobile, on Tuesda
last jeweler was suddenly taken with crazy e
and gathering q lot of books, a number Of watch
K. and other articles Of jewelry, he put them in co
scuttle and dumped them overheard from the wha