New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-02-16
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~ Report OF Council ON eighth page.

YESTERDAY was another bright and pretty day,
though brisk breeze kept the clouds bobbing around
above, and the dust in free circulation below. The
breeze and the dust rendered it rather dsageeable to
ladies to leave home, though great numbers did 80.
The CORONER has concluded his inquest into the
death Of the slave man Dick, Of whose violent pro-
ceedngs and tragic end we spoke particularly yester
day. The verdict was, "iled Of q pistolshot wound
in the abdomen the wound having been inflicted by
William Volkar, in sefdefence."
:, FIRST DIsrnIcr cogsr.-Judge Hunf.-F Frank
Dempsey, aims Thomas Dempsey, was yesterday tried
for assault and battery and acquitted.
Louis Weinstback was tried for assault and battery
and found guilty
jury failing to agree, he was discharged under his
bond to await another trial. gs5
Patrick Harlem was dismissed by nole proseqi
from charge OF assault and battery. i
RECORDER SUMMERS CouRT-The following par
ties yesterday received their discharges from the var
GUS charges brought against them.
VIM. Ryan, charged with taxing his wife on Per.
dido street; Malachi Mamon, charged with stealing
$40 from Mary Lynott's trunk, in q house on New
Leyee street Ellen Lavelle and Margaret Leech,
Triton Walk and Dryades street; and policeman
James Wade, charged with wading into James T.
Cook with club and fist at the corner Of Magazine
and Gainnie streets.
and ragged and dirty ones, was siited out the Black
Maria getting her full share Of them. The special
customers were Mike Watson, John Wilson and
Charles Mullen sent to the Work. House for half .
year as dangerous and suspicious characters VIM.
Stroud sent out for three months for stealing pair
Of pants from Leighton Barbots store, at the COR
ner Of st. Charles and Canal street and John Hall,
for unadulterated vagrancy, two months. John and
Adam, slaves, for stealing barrel Of pork of the
steamer Republic, were sent down for twenty-five
drachms Of hickory oil each. Philip Gullenback,
insane, was sent to the Asylum
| Joseph E. Daymon and Frederick Jones were ex-
amined respectively on charges of having defralded
s. D. Wendover to the extent of q months salary
each as policemen, some time ago, by receiving from
W. the amount Of said salaries less good interest,
for orders on the Treasurer for their full salaries
| when due, and then themselves drawing their said
salaries from the Treasurer thus leaving W, who is
also policeman as well as broker, in the lurch.
his for October last. Wendover making ont plain
case against both, they were both sent before the
First District Court for obtaining money under false
pretences and neither having friend to go bail,
| both were remanded to prison.
Frank Beucher got of from the charge Of pounding
Mary Powers with q pitcher, at the corner Of Con-
stance and Caiope streets by paying IS and Mary,
for provoking the assault with her unbearabe abuse,
| was fined half that amount.
The following parties were arraigned and held for
| future examination:
Joseph Livingston, charged with stealing steel
| gas fitting instrument worth So, from VIM. Janger,
No. 2Ol Baronne street, and $23 worth Of gasdtting
| tools and material from Harvey Guild, No. 2l4 st
Charles street. Sent to prison in default of bail to
be examined on the 18th.
Patrick Lacy aud James and Johannah Foley,
charged by policeman Lem with cruel treatment OF
negro woman, belonging to the Foleys in house on
Front street. Bail Of $500 each given by the Foeys
to appear on the 18th !; Lacey sent to prison.
RECORDER WILTz's CouRT. Bill Burke, alias
Brooks, arrested on suspicion Of having been con
cerned in the robbery of Rothschild b Co.'s watches
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