New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-11-07
Elrat nistrlct Court.

In this court yesterday Judge Abel presiding,
the district attorney entered noHe prcsequl, lii
the case Of John Laine, informed against for an
assault and battery on the person OF Mrs Ellen
Myers.
The parties named below were arraigned and
pleaded guilty:
John Chtds informed against for stealing cloth
ing worth three dollars, from Alexander Mcneil.
Paul colored, for stealing two pistols. worth
forty dollars, the property OF David H. Goodwin.
John Collins, for stealing a sack Of coffee, the
property of Messrs j. Thompson Co.
John Sebini for the larceny of property valued
at twenty dollars, belonging to Charles Slayback
Elijah Williams, negro, was tried for an assault
and battery on Moses Goodrich, colored, and was
convicted
on John Sullivan, was found guilty, with re-
commentator to the mercy of the court.
Mrs Eliza Gigan was brought to the bar to be
tried for an assault and battery on the person OF
| Mrs Margaret Nugent, on the 18th OF January
last, The original charge was for assaultlng with
knife with intent to kill, Mrs. Nugent, 1t was al
| legged, having received a wound in the arm tha'
| confined her for some time and endangered hel
| life This charge was examined before Recorder
Krubbe on the nth March last, who dismissed the
prosecution, but required both parties to enter
into bonds to keep the peace The late dlstlc
attorney, however, took the case up and iied al
information against Mrs. Gllllgan tor assanlt au'
battery. This was the complaint that came ol
for trial yesterday. The jury having been I'm
paneled, counsel fer the accused moved tina
the information be QuashGd on the ground that a
the recorder had dismissed the case, it could nc
be revived Judge Abel COncurred with cOu1
sci on this point. THO judge remarked that b
should always respect the decisions of recorde
within the jurisdiction assigned them by law. A
ter an examination by committing magistat
the grand jury alone was authorized TO renew
1 prosecution that had been dismissed. The di
t frict attorney lad not the power to renew it.
'. In this case the Judge suggested that mol
t. Droseuui should be entered, and, Il the aggrIer'
l. party desired TO persist in the prosecution, S
VI could make her complaint to the grand lnQue
c. 4 uolle prosequi was accordingly entered, I
le iuly was relieved from the further conslderab
u Of ,ho case, and the prisoner vas d
e. charged The surgeons certificates, amo
r the D8vers in the case, showed that
is the 25t January, Mrs, Nuugent was regarded as
ly A dangerous condition. from the ehsct OF
~. tyouui .ha had received; that on tic ZNh Janua
,,g th4u+6 cyaiued To her bed, aud suffering In
,e. fryer. she would, by sldiitu treatment, ne %
r,lSn}nl to hpr normal condition: and on rnc j.
pl | JIabTu3ry, that she was not in condition yet
III. ~, mr. h 1use and might not he for 4 week
ro, .7I, ,iava as " she was desperately wvuHded a
zoe ,,sarci under great danger "f lie ihese .
mi 4&cafcs were issued, the first and lmrd by u.
siy iidgelv, and the second by Dr. I. .. l4arion
I'd a5 he pen iency Of the case ore 'is feG"t"
,ca in tile case OF Richard b. Locke, t'e "E1
re attorney entered il nutle prosequi and the #Ggu
nal ys, released from duress lhe pIos9rdtpr
5m Mr. Manuel BOrmeO, of this city VINO Nh3i y = /
ana Eaptgin l4lrke--who, at the time, Wa ,nAaSa
nth the steamship Southern Star-receNeu rom
ra1 cpute MeRenlcX q merchant in Havana, on iAt
, i, Jnfy last a bag containing S-oHo III 9Ra
yay dCubloous, US freight, to be delivered % @l'
.nI ue3 here and tlat he neither delVefed i&}f
NY, eoultsd for tle money, but appropriate" 'Ee