New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-12-01
NUMBER 232.
thought it my duty to make public these facts, and
hope it may be productive Of good.
y. y. BEACH, NJ. D.,
II u. bt1t'9FIl N. Do
Coroner Of the Perish Of Orleans,

SO he stepped into j. Strauss jewelFy store on st.
Charles street, grabbed four watches and Travelled.
He was chased 30 hotly that in his fight he threw
the watches away. Officer Smith caught him and
boosed him; and Mr.. Gurdon subsequently found
one Of the watches in the gutter and left it at the
police office.
FIRST DISTRICT CouRT.-1tottofs for Neso Trial
Counsel of Hermogene Perry, convicted of the
murder of Auguste Droze, moved new trial, and
the Attorney General was directed to show cause
on the 18th inst. why said trial should not be
granted.
AivoignD1ents.- Radoyich, charged with
stabbug with intent to murder whilst attempting
burglary, pleaded not guilty and was reInanded.
Fritz Hamer and James THOMPSON, charged with
larcenies, both pleaded guilty, and were remanded
to await sentence.
Seatences.-Charles Burke, for larceny, to one
months imprisonment. John Whalen, alias Car
roll, for assault and battery, one weeks imprison-
ment. Thomas Robinson, for larceny, elk months
in the penitentiary. Thomas Hughes, for assault
with intent TO commit rape, one months imprson
ment John w. Gates, for obtaining money under
false pretences. three months imprisonment.
Grand JtTy.-The Grand Jury presented the
following special report in regard to Recorder
Emerson:
To Honorable Judge First District Conrt Of New Orleans
The attention OF the Grand Jury has been called
to the negligent manner in which Recorder Emer
son, of the First District Recorders Court dis
charges his official duties, and also to his unac-
countable assumption of jurisdiction of cases
fded by the Constitution aud laws TO this Court.
The Grand Jury visited the Parish Prison on the
l6tb inst, and heard many complaints from the
prisoners-that their cases had not been brought
before your Honor and Jury of the country for
trial; some of them were willing to plead guilty
to the charges preferred against them and receive
definite sentence at once, while others, for the
purpose of asserting their innocence desired trial
by jury, to which they are entitled.
We are satisfied that this Court and its officers
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cannot reach and take action in their cases because
the papers have never been sent here.
We find by the records of the Parish Prison that
from the goth of September last to the 7th Of
by that Recorder for trial before this Court and
that up to Friday, the 10th November instant,
none OF the papers IN any of those cases have
been sent here, thus preventing speedy trials
as guaranteed by the Constitution to the parties
accused. causing unnecessary and impolitic delays
in the administration of justice, as well as great
| expense to the city for the board and main
| tenance of the prisoners.
These should be more promptly and thoroughly
| investigated by him, and the papers and evidences
| in them should at be sent to the prosecuting
| officers Of the government for submission to the
| Grand jury and for speedy trial Otherwise
| under our defective laws for the detention of
witnesses, and the present great accumulation of
| these cases, the cause of public Justice will be
| defeated as it has been frequently, and mnr-
| derers and incendiarfes will go unpnnished.
| We find from the records, heretofore alluded to-
that from the 18th October last to the Sd November
| last, nineteen persons were committed to prison
| by the same Recorder for further examination,
| some of whom it appears have not to this day,
| been examined, aud from complaints of the pris-
/ oners, are not likely soon to be examined.
| We also find that in some cases of assault and
| battery and larceny, confded by law exclusively
to the jurisdiction of this court and jury Re-
eorder Emerson has arrogated to himself the juris
4 diction, and proceeded to try and fine and i'm
4 prison or acqnit the persons accused at his own
| will and pleasure.
1 But another and perhaps the most serious cause
of censure of this Recorder is the gross neglect OF
the many capital and principally murder cases
that await his examination.
We therefore think we are performing our duty
in calling your Honors attention to these facts
and asking that some remedy for this fragrant ne
gect of duty the part of this Recorder should be
applied at once. His acts of omission and com
mission meet the unanimous censure of the Grand
Jury.
Respectfully Tff5s 5ebPfttsa, n St,yvrRsr Foreman
New Orleans, Nov. %. i56u.
True Bills for M,uder.-The Grand Jury pre-.
sented true bill against John Henry for the mur-
der of Jim Porter and q true bill against John
Price for the murder of Denny Murphy.
RECORDER EMERsoN's COURT. - Recorder Elmer.
son yesterday overhauled and disposed of a great
crowd of drunken peace disturbers and yagrants,
of both sexes and the different colors
Maggie Murphy, for threatening to make a
funeral of D. MeGoy, on Tchoupitoalas street. and
VIM II. Vernell and James Walters, suspected by
officer Miller of being suspicious, were sent "a
prison for month, in default of furnishing peace
and responsibility bonds.
Mark Leniger, charged with robbing his Ellen
on Dryades street; Biddy Dougherty, charged with
forgetting that officer Brindley police officer
and better man than herself. on st. Joseph
street; and other offenders of small grade, had the
| good luck to be discharged, and went their ways
thanking their horoscopieal stars.
Nicolas Estaro, coffeehouse keeper, corner 0
| Baronne and Gravier streets, was tried by Jury
of Shareholders for selling glass of the o.be joyfa
to slave; and, much to his astonishment AM
qualification, he was found not guilty, and request
ed to take his way in peace.
| The following accused parties were arraigne
| and held for future examination
Charles and Catherine Henning, charged by Ser
geant Williams with arson, in setting fire to thei
boarding house on Dryades street, between Poy
dras and Lafayette, on Thursday night. We pub
lished an account Of the fire yesterday.l Sent L
prison to be examined on the 9th inst.
Arthur Robinson, (whose arrest we yesterda
mentioned,9 charged by j. x. Sprague, of No. a.
Baronne street. with having publicly and repeated
| avowed and propagated Abolition sentiments, 0
f such character as to endanger the peace of til
community by exciting discomfort among free ne
groes and INSTRUMENTATION among slaves, and wit
| bringing into and circulating in this city Abolition
documents and publications of an incendiary char
acter. Sent to prison TO be examined on the l3t
inst; bail not being allowed.
John Marcno and Isaac Anspaeher, arrested a
witnesses to the stabbing Of T. f. Meyers on tn
steamboat landing on Thursday night, Oh earl!
yesterday morning. Sent to prison in default o
bail, to appear when notified.
Pat Haley, charged with dangerously beating
and ipjurng NJ. 0'Sulliyan GirGd street oil
Thursday night. Sent to prison to await til,
result.
Mike Mallory, charged with shying tumblers a
Larry Kelly and iattening him with chair ol
Thursday evening, in a drinkery on Tchoupitoula
street. Sent down in default of bail.
John Henry and wife, charged with stealing $40
worth of dresses and jewelry out OF Kitty Elan
nagans room at the corner of Tchoupitouias an
st. Joseph streets, on Sunday last. Bail given i
appear the 18th.
Jimmy Mcdonald charged with taking some
!; thing which had not been lost by w. P. Reybufn
on Camp street. Sent down in default of bail
John Gasson, charged with innocent wit, in ge
ting Peter Goodman's good wife to change a lie
dollar goid.piece, and keeping both the chang
and the said gold piece the 10th of October lasi
also charged with playing a similar joke on Coco
man himself, on the 18th of October, by gettln
him to change $50 bill, getting sll in change an
holding fast to that and to the bill which ha oere
for changes all at the little apple and cake colon
which embellishes and blesses the Canal stree
4 ferry landing. Sent down in default of bail.
Ben Mcdowell, slave of DR.. Bensadou, charge
with striking John Mcbride. Il white man, on An
nuneiation street Bail given to appear on the i3f
Angel Alealde, Juan q. Estabraner, and higue
de Ganas, charged by officer Armnr with being yer
! dangerous aud uncommonly suspicious characters