New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-10-22

Cnas. Pitcher s,eorn.--Met deceased lsst ujsfs
anous e o. Clock at the foot Of ST. Louis street ~
a, w. ~ company with three or four men TIE
nnraSp nno,d parry vent INTO Prats's coffee houe ts u
DoIao2, corner common and Front streets Went
in, took q drink, came ont nj awb;ie ., Il.
again, took another drinE, md na.tei r. rssr =,
went away; deceased renamed With witness ~
went up town with him. Weit M = ~ = I1sSs~.
cite House Front street, Il ne foot n sfsysf{
street, took drink, and fetarred d,s.r 60. xo
they passed the E Dorado deceased noisSss s. =
man Who was IN there talking y Prss, N -
witness. " Do you know that mani ne & n b.esfsr
of man we buried two years ago.r fEev SsSssf
in, and deceased got in conversation with ~
and Pratsfeiffng abont the burial. The rsesf r,sf
his s., hand on Browns shoulder, and asked
What are yor taikmg abontyss Brown Pal6sd
him back, sasHg, "Lst me alone; Fm tsIkfsg s
Prats.'' ~ e asisSI 77g5'sss q *
Prats tfereurs jafnpes Up and called to lis ~.
Sespsr, sos 'S giye Imy rsvsyers + In shoot ss ID
club who went s,t and gave arsp With f ON the
eurD.stone. The bsfKeeper opened also a1veYs
lsa a! handed something to Tfatss which Witness
ls.snrs IS ST. tat was veh he gave Inn Tie club,
ntr and Brown went 5ut !. Brown ran azgf Wtnes]
lals some twenty yarflss and 'stotped: Hugm ram
a.. ~ w street. 70 the sther corner and Witnes
Wltness heard two or tirse shots fed III tnf1,ssf
uoMf eid LeFee street hsard the fall on 4 man
sidewalk 4''A s1uls one On INC
Brown#as drunk when tssyv went intp,4,,p n M.
rado, not nofsy the convessation Was ff1end1yx
aanxn.t bfgTn 1iM not strike any one had nvpsrrsi
e9nan t9na = rsesogze e. the barkee1er .s
A,gJuste 4asssy s,co,n ~ SSvys ,iesaa. ~ -
Pitcher come in the cofeehouses on Il6esd n;ijf
Witness is 5ar-keeper; tended oa ~. assv
went to talk to- Prats and showed the man WhosN1a,
conversng with Prats; asked deceased ssMEat
you do that fdrss came back agsA and -
showed the MANI Prats turned ussm on !. a1lEe1
n4T1ts rIror
not understanding very well, handed hhna sick =
Prats said it was not that he wanteds wifNeaSs
then looked and sg1 a club behind the BrSuntef anN
handed it to Prats Who went out by the same door
the two men had gene little wiiiic after heard
two shots; thinks it was before he heard the club:
Prats was on the doorstep when ths4 shSts were
fired his partner w1s alongside Of hinl,,.the man
who had been showed by deceased fWns standing
against the counter :: witness is posieiye Pms
spoke to him in Spanish didn't speak tos him m
French or English; siln't hear the word re-
yolver.f' ~ aa5sS
G. Piche, recaued.-Is certain that PISS spoke
IN English; heard him plainly ask for his revolver:
witness was not three feet from him; he was
hardly out when the club was struck ; the shots
were flfed when he had got to twenty yards Oh.
AT the second session ef the inquest last cyening
much other testimony Was taken, the hia,s of
which was that it was not Prats, but 1, pslice- ]
| man named Ramos, who did the shootiae Tho
jurors not being able to to amy positive psl
elnsion, the inquest was coatinasd till to-dA
! FIRsr DISTRICT COURT Judge Hunt The feIlow
! ing sentences were pronounced yesterday
| Alexander Greenwood, larceny, one year II .t11es
| penitentiary. 81
John Beck, alias GreenEood, obtaining nenev
under false pretences, one year in the penitenti1
Jean Moreon, larceny, one year in the pcniten-
| tiary. 44 > 58s T3s55lassss
Henry Welkin, alias Mc6sill, John Johnston; and
| John O'Brien, larceny, foW months in the Parish
Prison.
| Jaues Copnor ossa.,,+ a,as l,..xa..s =.
| in the Parish Prison. sa n, sssss
| j. Wilson, assault with dangerous weapon, four
weeks in the Parish Prison.
Frank Truxillo, assault and battery, three week.
| in the Parish Prison, or s25 fine..
George Hecken, for assault and battery, SIS fine,
| OF two weeks in the Parish Prison..
Eugene Paul, alias Hypolite Borne, assault with
dangerous weapon, one weekin the Parish.P Prison,
John Maxwell, assault and battery; one weekirl
| the Parish Prison, or SIS fine. IA &
The Grand Jury presented q trne bill for man,
slaughter against W: H. G. King; and q. true bill
| for murder against Alex. F. HUTCHINSON.
RECORDER srMxERs' CouRr. r.-g4ssissaat Reco,dar
M,Hroe Presiding-Jo John Thomas, alas Bill Rob-
erts, alias John Lee, charged with cutting and dhI-
geronsy wounding William MeDon0ugh On Thurs
day night, at the corner Of Grod and Front Streets
was yesterday arraigned and sent to prison to
await the result of the six wounds iniict-
| ed. The three witnesses arrested, Henry WO01f-
keld, Samuel Nagle, and John French. were PIT
under bonds to appear.
ooHA DOihtl, dIIcStcu lUi CssfINduk asCUuEEHNG0
weapon in the shape of q adirk, confassed the soft
| impeachment, and was sent before the First Dis
| trict Court.
Thomas O'Hara, for stealing q stock and die
from A. N. Gunnisson's shop on Tch0upitoulas
street, was sent to the Workhouse for sig months
| s. Sefener, engineer of the Carollton Railroad
Company, charged by the Coroner and his jury
with manslaughter, in causing the death of E. Dali
ton, on the 18th instant, ut the Tvo Circle Depot
by running the locomotive over him through reck-
less management, was examined. The testimony
did not make out case against him, and be was
discharged.
| The following cases were fixed:
G. N. Braswell, arrested by officer Eyington ON
board the steamer Imperial, as dangerous and sua-
picious. Sent down in default Of bail. 3.5 sSs
VIM. H. Kieran, charged by John q. Murdy, the
builder, with several times interfering with his
men, at work on building on Nosth street. pre-
venting them from doing their work and distur hing
and provoking him. Bail given 70 appear on the
26th. 49,
Gottlieb Beauregard, charged with being Al black
guard in abusing Louise Jengers Prytana street,
between Euterpe and Terpsichore, and threatening
her life and soaring her generally. Bail given to
! appear on the 9th. 8sss