New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-29
NUMBER 3O6.


fore Recorder Summers ON the Sd prox. seres
complains that on the 2sth of January Marks rep
resented to him that be was about to buy out q
| store of goods at greatly reduced price, say
$1,000; that he proposed to take plaintiff in part
nership, il he would advance sl100; that plaintiff
advanced this sum, depositing the money in the
Southern Bank, and giving Marks the certificate Of
deposit; that Marks then left the city, and, re-
turned only last Saturday, having failed to pur-
chase the goods, and refusing. TO give any account
Of the money, thereby perpetrating the crime Of
| embezzlement and breach Of trust. Marks bail
| is fixed at $500.
RoBBIyG SLEEPER. Joshua Fenner was yes
| terday sent to prison by Recorder Summers on
the charge Of having stolen So from Erwin 4.
Smith, one of the rotunda boys at the st. Charles
Hotel, whilst he was asleep in his room on Grayier
street, his pants being taken from beneath his pill
low and the pockets rifed.
FINED AsD BoUsD ovEI:. - Walter Bell, alias
Scotty for shaking his dagger at Richard Allen, on
the levee the 18th inst, was talked to yester-
day by Recorder Long, fined $40, and put under
| bonds not to do it again for six months to come.
| PUGNACITrEs IN THE OLD THIRD.-John Mooney
and Peter Fitzpatrick yesterday gave bail to ap-
| pear before Recorder Long on the LIST proxino,
(to-morrow,) and explain what induced them to
| infict upon James Kelley the awful thrashing
which he swears he got from them on Sunday
i night, in his own house on Vaudeville street.
| John Sullivan was charged with having badly
/ punished James Gaynor, on Monday, at the foot of
/ Marigny street. Sent after.
Antonio Almeda was charged with having too
severely mauled John Garcia, on Sunday night, in
| a house on Moreau street. Sent after.
Observation-Disclosures Long yesterday issued a
| warrant for the arrest Of Jas. Gonners, cab.
driver, whom officer Bray charged with having i'm
posed upon woman, by making her pay Sill so
for ride from Toulouse street to Esplanade dis
| tance Of only eight squares, for which Is cents
would have been pay enough.
4 COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.- Assistant Recorder
Benit yesterday examined Julie Voisin, f. W. c.
and sent her before the First District Court. She
4 violently assaulted and beat lad named Arthur
Courceles, son Of Louis Courcelles, ON the lstt
inst. on Rampant street, between Barracks and
Esplanade. She gave bail.
H DISCHARGED UPON AN ALrBI.--Auguste Periel
was examined before Assistant Recorder BENT yes
terday, on the charge of having stolen Mont,
Christie pistol from the room of Mrs. Roux, at No
81 Main street. Perier proved an alib and wa.
therefore discharged.
DANGEROUS AND SusPIcrous-M Martin McGiIl wa
yesterday sent to prison by Assistant Recorder
Benit, to await examination The charge is, tha
on Monday night he went with felonious intent OF
board the steamer c. D. Jr., and that he is danger
! Gus and suspicious anyhow.
KELLER TRYING TO BE A KILLER. R.-A chap. named
| ryar nm hafn huaic tontp RAM
yesterday, on the charge Of having brutally as
saulted and beaten little son of Mrs. Rosa Kneller
whilst he was sitting quietly on his mothers door
step, nursing his little sister. The alleged brute
|. gave bail to appear on the 9th prox.
! PETTY LAReENIEs. Recorder Summers yester
! day sent Vim. Campbell to the Work-house for 81,
y months, for stealing some rifes Fulton street
: John Kennedy, alias George Ennis, for stealth
q four bits worth of tobacco from Vim. Hie's store
on Tchoupitoulas street, was sent out for montl
II Dominick Barrett, o lad for stealing IS worth
i tinware from the store No. 185 Tchcupitoull
- street, was sent to the House of Refuge.
- Paul, slave Of higgins, was sent to jail for stea
II ing piece of calico from store Tchoupitoula
q street.
ed FIRST DISTRICT PUGNAoTIEs. There was Iittl
nd Irish .'fresacp at Mrs Macnamara's, on Giro
m street, yesterday. John Bulger, Timothy Moran
and John Fitzpatrick, broke violently into tn
" house, knocked things around right and left, an
r. finally thrashed Mrs. NJ. and gave her cut with
is knife Officers Clarke Dalton and Isard got afte
es the trio and arrested them and locked them ur
10 Mrs Maenamara was not dangerously hurt.
to The following accused parties were before Re
r eorder Summers, and had their cases fixed fo
! future investigation:
:. Richard Kendall, charged with assault and ba
rs terry upon Anna Harriet, on the 18th instant. o
n Robertson street, between Gasquet and Common
=. and falsely representing himself to be pocema
i. and dragging her through the streets as prisoi
- er; he being aided and abetted in all this by Mr.
J Charles Moore. Bail given by both.
Madame Victor Bourgoyne, charged with rattal
: ming Adelaide Place and abusing her foully, ais
! repeatedly abusing her and threatening her wit
= a knife; they being next-door neighbors on Me
pomene street, between Liberty and Franklin
Bail given.
h wv. Sykes, charged with drawing pistol upo
u and threatening to shoot j. Z. Gill on Lafayett
= street. Bail given.
/ Robert Roberts, charged with drawing an a.
upon and threatening to chop G. Baumhard on Ju
= liza street. Bail not given.
: Mrs. Lechner, charged with giving Mary Power
four blows in the face with her fist, on Friday, o
Erato street, between Constance and Magazine
] ] Case fixed for the Sd prox.
d FIRST DISTRICT GouRT-yisdge Hunt Samue
IT W. Williams was yesterday tried for assault wit
intent to murder, and found guilty of assault only
J. with a recommendation to mercy.
|. George r. Garradine was tried for assault with
e dangerous weapon, and found guilty.
}, The other cases fixed for the day were continued
it 1HE. COMMON COUNCIL.
o BOARD OF ALDERMEN.-Thfs body held regula
IS meeting last evening President Nixon in the cha
!, and quorum present.
:. communication from the Mayor announce
and transmitted the decision of the United STATE
n Supreme Court in the case Of the city Of New @