New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-07-27
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| and arrest made but 1t was pot ID Cnnrf. Afss,
some debate, Mr.. Race moved that the prisoner.
already in court, be rearessed, under tbe new All.
oavt present. Tins wss done and all parties being
David W. Eames sworn Was ID the emngovmert
OF 8. E. Gruman & Co. IN November and Janns,v
last. Saw prisoner for the first iime when be called
af the store in November TO buy bill Of Foods,
vency be stated that bis stock vas free fron deht
that be never let his notes run past maturity. s
that be did not owe dollar to any man, foleir
these representations witness sold bin he g. ti A
goods, amounting 10 $204 SO. Witcess al -
not like to sell prisoner the goods asked
did not owe elsewhere, and If that was NOT ~, b
of bis coming there for what he wanted; 20 /
replied that he did not owe anyw y. ". ne
would not have sold the goods TO prisoner wtnoui
eurity had be known be owed elsewhere. On the 4th
OF January witness received from prisoner an order
by mail for more goods amounting to $ls4 So which
he shipped on the faith of the representations frat
made. For the first lot Of goods q note at four
months WAS given the second lot was sold on open
account, payable at maturity of the note
It was us,1al with Witness To give Nour months:
credit. No part of either Of the bills had
yet been paid. Witness had demanded Of prisoner
payment of both bills The frst time he reped that
be would pay fifty cents on the dollar next iaN il be
could afterwards prisoner seemed angry, and said
be would not pay at ALL and told witness 10 ret the
money il he could. Witness first demand Of the
prisoner was made on or about the 18th instant In
Natchez. Prisoner said he was indebted to q man
named Tilghlnan, whose account had been Tunning
ever since 1855 and that he (prisoner) had transfer
red biz stock and property over to him. in payment Of
the debt. sometime in March. Witness Is agent Of
the noose OF Gruman Co., and entrusted with the
liquidation Of its affairs. Witness asked prisoner how
he could represent to him that re owed nothing.
whilst at the time be was indebted to Tilghman.
Prisoner replied that he had not thought Tlghman
would be 80 hard upon him to require him to trans
fer bis property.
CrossexamDed: Witness had no interest in the
house OF Graham d Co. when he sold the goods to
prisoner the firm went into liquidation on the 1st
INST; witness was employed in the house from 1855
TO the present now belongs to the firm Of Belden
Eames, who are SUCCESSORS TO Gruman b Co., and are
entrusted with the liquidation Of the old firm. Bel.
den was member Of the old firm. Prisoner told
witness be had purchased goods of Gruman & Go.
previous to the transactions now before court and
on looking over the books, witness found such was
the case. This make witness more suspicious Of
prisoner inasmuch be had not continued purchas-
ing OF the house, and there being private mark of
caution entered opposite his name in the books The
WITNESSES other testimony was of no bearing on the
case. 4gs5 s8 #Esgs @
A young man, clerk in the neighboring hathouse
OF Booth q Co., testified that the accused had dealt
with that house, and that the last time be came Mr.
I
he should settle for what he already owed Immedi-
ately after that witness knew that the accused had
been getting goods at Gruman's knew it by seeing
the boxes on the banquette, in front Of Gruman's,
marked to Accuseds address in Natchez.
The defence were prepared, as they stated, with
considerable testimony to show that the prosecution
was founded more in malice than anything else that
the prosecutors had made criminal case out Of
civil one ETC. The prosecution persstently objected
to the introduction Of any testimony with reference
to doings in Mississippi, and the Recorder sustained
most Of the objections The defence again called for
the original affidavit, BY which the Governors rcqu-
sition had been obtained but it could not be had.
Officer Address, who had brought the prisoner down
from Natchez was present and explained to the salts
faction ofal He accompanied by Mr. Eames had taken
the affidavit from Justice Bradford to Gov Wicklife
at Baton Rouge obtained the requsition and got the
prisoner in Natchez Justice Bradford being sent
for. came and explained the nature Of the affidavit
and letter he had sent to the Governor further
explaining that he wonld have had nothing to do
with 1t but for the representation OF Eames that Re-
corder was not to be found at the time and
ont dsav " o''a'A ''' iequisi'lou Will
The onlv witness a,,owed "a ba axam;ned a. ~
defence was IT, H Stern vine M naerchaot ~ ,pi Nj. 1
chez Ha test;ad tbot bosor" asr.stad ~.
tod him that he had heen vised hv Eanes na ,hot
hacansa ha would not coma ~ crta; t,n ~. mo
nosad Eanes toid him ha ron,S IL ra,anraa n,
rragar3 ~ tho transfar az bS stoct - TIrs,a. =
was hut a mart sax s2aon which had has5n nassoS
over ~ secra dsht ~ ~ M tha MI,
contnninn h;s hns;ness n;tbnnt Ia Nv h;nJ.o'aa sun
IN the iest;mnnav g;van hn tho ~ nro.enot;os. =,
Recnrdar comm;ttsg tba oncnssd for tr;oi ~ w
hf,ra ths II;st n;strio, Ct - .s. L:I S W ssoo'
Aired slave of Paxton Sor steanr ~
ont Of market cart on Gravier street. rece;uad
order on Dr. blanchard Sor twentv arachnos "% ~
hicIarn.o;, u ~ 'oA 1"sn's ulasnlns VI
Anne Maria oshorne for heat;no Maru Iowa H.,
Ton With no;r NJ tonus end Me- an IAN T,.a.
charre1 hv M.uhrscnt ,a dhI 'ah1
6ahtinr choractar and nmsanna ~ tha ua;hhns
hood were mt nnder neace and cood behav;or hands
for three months.
Maggie Holmes, for stealing Edward MCKenna's
pocket book containing about $2S in American specie
and double Frederic dor, on Friday night last,
whilst asleep in house on Graver street, between
Rampant and Basin, was sent before the First Dis.
Henry Wiegand gave bail to answer to the charge
Of having wounded John W. Coad, a little son of an
undertaken on Rampant street, in the head with q
large spike on Saturday last.
francesca kelkekeschner was dismissed from the
charge Of stealing Joseph Conway's ten dollar watch
prcopnrp WrrTz,s corpr Nicholas sch,oa.sor
haas Hsssar na 1nhn Nv.
vaStardav IN charge of malicious mischief IN hraa
H., un an5 dsstroy7no tie raiiinaa ~ thraa sta;r
ns ~ ~ b,;,a;uo nh;c os En1I;nt 1a.
';,a;n ~ FL peter straas hat,raan Ronrhn, nl
mannh;ne on Tho 10th ;nst Sch,oesssr wos cont ha
ra ta Erst nstr;ct Court and tha othara ero s
Dan Ward, for an assault upon Manuel Montcevallo
bonds b Mrs Ward was dismissed from the charge "
a;ding and obettinp. Mrs .Jean sjfron- or Siflant
was niso mt nnder bonds for the comfort Of Mrs
Eronco;sa .Tackson m C,aiborne street near RavoT
pnaI o"'A1' ~ @eS'' A>"' 4,'''
,The charge of breach of trust made bv Celest;n.
-. oa.;nSt 4 D,nol- MO, ,n;th 49,