New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-09-06
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Pat Kelly was rent to prison to await examination
on the charge Of being y dangerous and suspicious
character. He was suspected TO be the man w ~
yesterday mornng with feonious intent snssfea tGe
house OF Mrs Sarah Rosenswish at the corner Of VI
leans and IRENE streets and IN bis pockets were
found . pair Of nippers and . jimmy.
REcoRprR LoNs's CoURr.-Recorder Long yeater.
day gave bis decision in the case Of Walter BELL aas
scotty, examined on Friday last on the charge 9!
violated the Prsgn Q, mss q eisSse
| summers, Of Liverpool Irish extraction. T.,
The examination lasted nearly AZ that oay, ~
presence 81 crowded court; Mr. John Legge.s so.y
defending the prisoner ana MI h.t II. iii hs6
entertained something Of an Affection lor tna
aha vent 10 his room with him. TO all appearances
wilinrv: that, BY her own testimony sne disooeyed
mothers orders T. xssng r. ous mother tnshed y
Scoty 10 Kill him, she interfered in his behalf, and
hereed him to leave; that she prosecuted him only
70 sstisy her mother fearing II she did not do go her
mother would imbrue her hands in his blood; and 1t
heine shown that her mother, (who had been doing
Scotfys washng) had no very good character OF her
ovnthere were reasonable doubts as to whether the
o6euse was as henous In its nature as charged.
But at the same time there were numerous strong
points in the girls own testimony, showing her to
have been scott and too coniiding and in the rgor
GUS crossexaminatlon to which she was Subjected
she never varied in her story in the least or could be
led to contradict any part Of 1t. Her description Of
SCOtty, . vlOcuC6 Was UO ultuulc iOE puuHGdsfuu
and this testimony corroborated by her torn and
disordered clothes, produced in court. The medical
testimony in the case, though not positive in all de
tails, likewise reflected strongly against Scotty
When the girl first took her seat to testify she wal
much agitated, and in the evening, when the exami
nation closed, she tainted.
The Recorders decision was to send Scotty before
the First District Court for rape; the ofense moi
being bailable. Scotty is q sailor boarding honst
man, and champion Of the fistic ring.
John Duncan, charged with assault and batter.
upon William Buckley, with intent to kill, at th
corner OF Marigny and Victory streets, was sent Il
| prison in default OF bail
Gustavc Drevess on the one side, and George Uhl
macher, his wife, Mary Frederick, and Barbet Hof
meister on the other side, were up. They ar
neighbors on Port street, between Craps and Love
The row took place on Friday night last. Accordln
to the afidavits, Drevess horribly abused Uhrmache
and family, and cut Mrs. Uhrmacher in the hand an
back with csne.sword and Uhrmacher wicked
drew knife upon Drevess whilst the ladies petite
him with curses and bli ;kbate. Each affidavit d
clared the others attack to be without just cause
Il provocation. All hands gave bail to appear.
Bryan Kelly gave bail to answer to the charge {
having fstcufed G. W. Doerries and slashed at hill
with q dagger, and also brandished the dagger 6
Mrs. Henemann, all ID her grocery at the corner
1 Love and Poet streets.
Robert, slave Of MI. shinkle, charged with puncl
ing the face Of white man, VIM. Byrne, collector
the Third District ferry boat, and white man, nam
unknown, charged with beating Mary Dumat, f. ". c
and tearing her dress, on Peace street, were ser
i after .r.a