New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-11-14


Mike Lilly, pleading guilty to larceny, was sen
fenced to one months Imprisonment; and Jack Nc
Donald, pleading guilty to similar charge, was
also sentenced to a months imprisonment.
I Arthur Duthiel, Manuel Gastagnet, and George
Toun, all charged with assault and battery, were
dismissed by nolle prosequi
Albert Reich, charged with obtaining goods
under false pretences; Jean Nicholas, charged
with insulting an officer; Mrs Nina Smith, charged
with larceny; and George Bishop charged with
breach or the peace. were all dismissed on motion
Of the District Attorney.
Jean Auge was tried for assault and battery and
acquitted.
Benjamin +. Sidy was tried for assault with in
tent to kill and assault and battery found guilty Of
assault and battery only, and sentenced to one
weeks imprisonment.
Attorney General Semmes will fix the murder
cases to-day.
RECORDER EMERsos's CouRr. Officer Frank
Grace, day officer of the First District lookup, was
yesterday arraigned before Recorder Emerson on
the charge of having perpetrated a contempt of
Court in refusing to release prisoner on the Re.
cerder's order he, however, being at, the time
under positive contrary orders from the Mayor
and Chief of Police, his superior officers. Mr..
Earhart defended Grace, and Judge Reynolds laid
down the law on the Recorders side. After hear
ing the able arguments on both sides, the Re-
corder adjudged Grace guilty of contempt of
his authority, and sent him to prison for twenty
four hours.
/ Mr.. Merville who was arrested and held to bail
on the charge against him, for disturbing the peace
and cutting two women on Saturday evening, sent
/ by Recorder Emerson before the First District
| Court, asks suspension of public opinion in his
| case. He AYERS that he is innocent of the most
serious part of the charge.
| The usual lot of drunkards and harridans were
sent to prison and work-house. Tom Lagan was
fined $40 for kicking up dust on st. Charles
| street. Ten free negroes, crew of the ship Maver-
iek, were sent to prison for being in the State in
contrayention of law. [We may here add that
the Mayor and Chief Of Police are now and have
been for time past enforcing the strict letter
| of the law upon ali free negroes who come by sea
| or river; o commendable thing when it is known
how much they corrupt slaves on all opp ortuni-
! ties, and how much worse they are by what they
do Gf not arrested and imprsoned) than the yilest
white abolition incendiaries.l
| Roger Murphy, charged with an assault and bat
| terry upon Jemma Lewis with intent to kill, {yio
lently beating her and kicking her in her vital
parts) the 9TH inst, at No. 3j5 Gravier street.
was examined and sent before the First District
Court simply for assault and battery. He gave
bail. E
John Henry, the angelic youth who shoots at
people for fun, and murders when in serious
mood, was arraigned in regard to his last murder,
that of Jim Porter. The Coroner not having yet
made his affidavit, Henry was remanded to prison
to await the Coroner's action.
James Williams, arrested for stealing two should
ers of meat from the store of John 7. Moore &
Co., at the corner of Poydras and New Levee
streets, was sent to the Work house for two months
as yagrant.
Louis, slave of Donovan, for careless driving on
the levee and abusing officer Frank Anderson, who
stopped him, was sent down to DR.. blanchard
with prescription for twenty drachms of hickory
oil. %
Charles Reeves, charged with assaulting James
0'Connor and drawing knife on him (this hap
pening in connection with the row in which John
Henry killed Jim Porter) was discharged, O'Con-
nor not appearing against him.
Frederick Burrows, charged with stealing and
carrying away Mr.. De Vierre's trunk from Capt
Brooks hotel on Camp street, and with roughly
handling Henry Leonard on Camp street, was dis
charged at the request of his forgiving prose-
cutors.
Charles Harant, charged with swindlng Pierre
Surerey out of s46 so, was likewise dismissed,
there being no ground for criminal prosecution.
The cases of D. Bullerdiek, charged by CITY
Attorney Michel with embezzlement and breach
of trust 6he Fink estate affair." and of James Dun
can, charged by ]. A. Guillotte with breach of
trust and embezzlement were continued the. sew
enth continuance of the latter case.
Edward Grimes, charged by AN. Gunnison with
tampering with his slaves, was sent down in de-
fault of $l500 bail, to be examined on the 2Ath
Inst.
RECORDER BLACHE's sCoURT-Assistant Recorder
Fremaux yesterday dispatched the business of this
court, Recorder Blacle being still unwell at home
D. J. johnson, carpenter of the steamer News.
boy, was examined on the charge of murder; fa-
tally stabbing Enoeh Horn, mate OF the boat on
board the boat, on the 28th September last. The
particulars as given before the Coroner we pub
lished at the time. The two got to quarreling
about piece of timber which was in the way on
the lower deck; recriminations and epithets fol-
lowed; Horn attacked Johnson; the latter drew
knife, and, though third party jumped in to pre-
vent it, succeeded in cutting the arm of Horn and
an artery being severed, he subsequently bled TO
death. After due examination before the Recorder,
johnson was remanded to await trial for man I
slaughter before the First District Court.
Mary Martin, for beating Pauna Schmidt ON
Dauphine street, was fined $40 and put under
peace bonds. Joseph Canal was put under bonds
for the comfort of Paul Moltzenbecker, at No. so
Royal street. Joseph Beiger, for indulging canni-
balistic feelings toward R. Ebert at the corner of
St. Ann and Tonti Streets was fined IS and put
under bonds
Pat Brannan, charged with hammering his wife
with bottle, at their residence on Roman street.
near st. Louis. Sent down.
John West, charged with clubbing Henry Brown
at the corner of Cont and Derbigny streets, with
intent to kill; both of them free darkeys. Sent
down.
Mary Doyle, charged with stealing pair of 81
pruneas from Nicholas Smith, at the corner of
Customhouse and Maras streets. Sent down.
RECORDER LoNG's COURT Recorder Long is once
more at work, having recovered from the ophtha-
mic illness which confined him at home SO long.
His eyes, so useful to justice and good order in the
old Third, we hope may never again be so sadly
aclipsed by disease.
As usual, he had not much to do. Hortare
Bachemin and Alfred Cantrelle were held to ap-
pear on the charge of having beaten Louisa Ike
On Lesseps street. third party implicated.