New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-21

John Collins and Christopher Nelson charged
with robbery offered the plea Of guilty to larceny
the plea was accepted, and they were remanded
70 await sentence.
Henry Formaster, charged with entering a store
in the night time without breaking, with intent to
steal, dismissed on motion Of the District At
torney.
Michael Heffernan charged with murder, offered
the plea If guilty Of mansIaughter; the plea wag
accepted by the Attorney General and the prison er
was remanded to await sentence.
The trial Of Antoine Benoit, alias Benit I. M ca
for murder continued.
John eastman and Thomas Mcdonald were put
upon trial for the murder Of Thomas McGnire-
The murder took place early the morning Of the
25th Of March last, at the of Cont and Front
Levee streets, just in front Of the Constitution
cofeehouse. McGuirets throat was cut and he
bied to death in minute two; the two accused
and third man named John McGanis, were With
him at the time, bnt McGinnfs escaped and The
peculiar feature Of this trial was the effort 70 dis
cover which of the three, eastman or Mcdonald,
or the missing McGinnis, was the murderer. The
two prisoners at the bar ably defended by Mr..
| Kenner, who had been appointed by the CeuEt to
/ do Attorney y-f5enerel Semmes aad District 81
4 torney Bradford represented the case for the
4 State.
The two accused, the deceased, and tie missing
/ Melsinnis, were leyee aborers, living in Ghe Third
/ District, friends so far known, and came up
4 the levee together early in the morning, on their
way to work. 1t was shown that they together
took friendly drink in eoffeehouse below Jack
i son Square that above Jackson Square there was
a scrimmage among them, and footrrace up the
| levee that the two accused were seen scufisng
| with the deceased before he ran that when he
\ fell at the corner of Cont street. with his throat
cut the two accused were distinctly recognized as
| being with him and that the now missing Mc6in-
MIS- who was also with Mcclure when he fell on the
corner, was afterwari seen washing his hands in
water trough, as though he had blood on them.
Some Of the witnesses attempted to prove that
the two accused were square of when McGBire
had his throat cut; but another Witness fully den-
tifying the accused, swore that he saw one hold
Mcclure whilst the other stabbed him. though he
could not now tell which the stabbeT and which
the accessory.
t The addresses Of State counsel to the jury. the
defence by Mr.. Kenner, and the charge by Judge
Hunt, were equally able; and covered much
ground for the law of presumptfona, the law gov
erning circumstantal evidence and conflicting esI-
mony the law governing aiders and abettors to
murder, etc. were All laid before the jury, In order
to enable them to decide whether the two accused
i were guilty murderers. as accessories TO each
2 other or to the missing McGinnis, or innocent
: The jury retired at O'Clock in the evening.
After a few minutes absence, the jury returned
!, with this verdict against both the prisnH.fs
! Guilty of murder without capital punishment
The prisoners. ugly looking fellows both. stood
@ up and heard the verdict without visible emotion,
n and were remanded to prison.
n RECORDER EMERsoN's CoURT-Recorder Adams,
a of the Fourth District presided again yesterday
Recorder Emerson being still unweh.
L A large crowd Of greasers, of both sexes, Was
sfed out and many OF them, especially the females
i went to the Work-house. One of the females was
j Maggie Jones, who, getting very drank, politely
came to the police Office herself thereby saving The
J police the trouble Of fetching her She was sent
d out for two months and was glad TO be sent.
If Miles Gibbons and Mike Bowie, for getting too
full of fighting whisky on Julia street, were asked
for $40 each Mike Gallagher and BartT kerns, for
e. a similar piece of carelessness Tehoupitoulas
30 street, were asked for like amount None hayins
- the dbs, all four went to prison for month. =
/ George L. Crutcher charged with eating ~
is paF at lie st. Charles Hotel and not pasls So
Il nude it III right with Mr.. Hildreth, sag ZOE !,
charged. was ais-
The following aeGnsed parties
w aud booked for future a1asaiaats1ns e arfaigheo
ld Robert Tnrnbull, charged hy As
b in starting tae ars 81 M Horsa sisa afz,s
morning ths partieuleta n wAyy5n zsss ss'sy
gasef stated. Sent 10 prison, " afp aI@ Ns
baijab I Sra 4Jsrrsst shargea
Frassi, raas.,a a;i,a ss s'7e,s's ~ ssEss
up for examination to.day.E
Wm. Brown charged a55 viii ,, sls,stiig saieze pst
q Us ssEhfset Sent down. : ss
4 John Scott, charged with stealing from sss p
of an armoir a stocking contaipi.7s 80 to $40 in
| SPECIE aud from a irsror ID the same room two,
| dollars and half more, all IN Mrs Agnes huterFs
boarding. house at the corner of ST. Charles and
4 Peydrns ytrrrts on Wednesday,. Sent down.
4 Joseph Ganova, charged with refusing TO sur
render to Pierre Msric his stall in Poydras market,
which he allowed him to use when he (Meric1 had
no use for it, but has use for now Bail given.
REcoRpER 8LAeng's eouHr.- Charles Ronge,
alias Rollins, for stealing from Francois Micheners
premises on Gustomhoase street. pair Of pants
and a cravat, worth Sc So, was yesterday sent be-
fore the First District Court; and Snsan Jones', ].
w. c., sent before the same Court for stealing
SI4 worth OF clothing out of the armGir of Elizabeth
Clark, f. W. @, in her room on Treme street. Both
We're remandad 70 prison in default Of bail.
Henry wilson aud James Stafford, charged with
stealing meat from stall in the Beef market,
were discharged because the prosecutor, officer Ia
A. Gonzales, failed to appear
Jean Marie Gahat, gave bail to answer TO the
charge OF having committed an assault and battery
upon Baptiste Bonnetcarre, Wednesday, ak the
corner OF Rampant AMI Toulouse streets. Tie other
business was OF no interest.
RECORDER LoNG's GouRT-Daputy Coroner Ser-
aparu Yesterday filed his affidavit char gng Urbin4
Munich with the murder OF Francois relou, at The
corner Of Piety and Love streets. Munich has not
, been arrested yet.
VIM Moore was sent after charged with brntallyg
beating his wife Catherine, at their residence on
History street. He broke her open by blow
= with tin pan; the poor woman. when she ap@
peared in court, had the blood running not only
7 from her nestrils, but through the new opening
above which her brute of husband had made.
h Wm. Apan, a Ghnaman, complained that he had
!, been walloped by fellow Celestial named John
3 Ao in house on Moreau street, where the Celes-
i | tials most do congregate.
) james Brogan was sent before the First District
I Court to be tried on the charge Of having stolen
n Sl00 from Elizabeth kinsea, in her room on Bag
atelle street, taking the money from beneath her
e pillow whilst she was asleep. She said james
Il slept in the that night without her consent,
q and three other persons slept in the room at the
3 time. pretty mess they must have been. Bro
e gan is a fearful scawag, and old Lizzie Kinsella
d looks like the queen Of beggars and yagrants; no
i one would ever have suspected her of owning a
a hundred dollars. In default of bail, Brogan was
+ remanded to prison.
I Mrs. Ernestina Arto, charged with deserting her
i husband Barney Arto, and their six children, steal
ing $1,000 in cash, which Barney declared belonged
to his creditors, and frequenting houses OF lire
h pute, dismissed, for the that wife cam
II not steal from her husband and Tim Fahey her
i lover, on whom found $500 Of the money was
also dismissed, Mrs. Arto appearing and declaring
q that she had given him the money for safe keeping
Z Barney Arto keeps grocery at the OF Mo-
:: and Marigny streets; Tim Fahey was his
V clerk; and whilst he was absent on collecting
Z tour in Texas, Tim not only took of the gro
n cery, but discharged his employers functions q
n husband; and, as It appears 50 much to the good
L wifes satisfaction that when Barney returned she
: took all the money she could and clipped with Tim.
a It seems that only 500 taken; Barney called
If it $1,000, because, besides taking the 500, his Err
nestina had run him some 500 in debt. The neigh
q bors state that Tim Fahey is not by any means
" Mrs Artos first gallant, and further, that her hus
y band several times before this last affair detected
= !. her in her slips but each time forgave her