New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-01
NUM- MRER 68.
Jsckson ys X and Charles Wather for drunkenness

nEcoSo DIsTBTcT.-Fhere was a large attend l
snce yesterday morning in Recorder Gastinefs
No!uF1, and mat mixed multitude that only court
room can exhibit, was never more varied. VIE
nea5es who spoke French and Enolisb 6Ts5roony
gentlemen Of the long robe, and the fair with
ro5es shib longer, were all there looking on ass
EagSsfaea some o. them, with tnat ignorant won
der winch bespoke want Of familiarity with the
atmosphere Of courts. The room was croyvdefgffY
its full limits, both inside and outside Of the ratl
ing which separa tes the bar from the outer world
what gave the room a somewhat smarter apueaF-t
a1ce than ordinary, were a number of stunning
toilets, which limited at residence in the Infamous
portion of the city.
The first case called was that Of P Lucas,
charged with having taken possession Of the prasl
perry Of a peddler Of jewelry named LuxemDuFg.i /
without previously opening succession.
RerItsFd Riddler twho lives at 50 Chartresl
street, strO54a--Luxemburg, who died about the
ilth Of September on Dauphin street, had stack
of ieWejry which he kept at his room, and which
witness himself Saw. Witness himself sold to the
deceased about s1l00 worth Of jewelry, and which
was paid for with promissory note. About the
I4tl Of September different articles came to store
! of witness, which he recognized as what he had
cold 70 the deceased. After obtaining this iafor-
| nation, witness repaired to the house of the az
cG5gd, ana asked him it he had taken possession
| Of The estate Of the deceased. He answered yes,
to the question. Upon asking him by the authority
Of what court he acted, accused answered that he
did not needany authority, or did nott5now that he
needed any such authority. Accused also acknoTl-
edged that he had also caused part of this jeWery
| to be sold by Mr.. Leaumont.
| Mss Len1q1 fWho keeps rooms to rent at 81
| Dauphin street, stc01n-She had never seen the
| deceased until the commencement of September,
at which time he rented room; week after, the
| deceased died; at the time Of his death witness
| wished to have him removed, as she did not wish
| to have any die in her house the morning be-
| fore his death deceased talked long time with
the accused in German some time after, the lat
ter asked witness for the key to the trunk of de-
| ceased but it could not be found then black
jewelry; the two spoke German together, and
Then the accused took the jeWelrY and carried it
| off; Lucas afterwards came back and spoke
| IL friendly manner with the deceased, and
| brought him champagne and money.
The case of Mary Iilman and Lizzie Richards
1 then came up for examination, in which il ap-
| peared that j. O. Wilson had Just returned from
| iIe1tco with 500; that upon bis arrival in this
city lie fell in company with some of the syreas
| who live at the corner of Cont and Basin streets,
| and while sitting between two of them he was
| robbed OF the bag containing the money. The two
accused were sent before the First District Court.
! Stella Hart, an inmate of a bagnio kept by
| Maria Wilson. on Customhouse street, then ap-
| peaTed upon tile witness stand with one OF her
eyes most wildly and beautifully black, aud swore
| that its iaiIY hue had been caused by blow in
| cation than a quarrel. The manner of Stella was
solemn and deliberate; nevertheless, her state-
| uent being COntradiGted by Mrs. Wilson, who
stated that stella had inflicted the first blow, and
| that, seeing row was Inevitable, she had begged
| them 10 have some regard for her furniture, and
! to settle it of doors but that, instead of do
ing so they clinehed aud fought it out, struggling
| at full length upon he carpet floor Cora was
fined $40, or 90 TO the Workhouse FOR thirty days.
| Alphonse Gautie, for assauting Albert Iarmee,
| nfr0nt of the Orleans Theater, has tospay $40.
Jas. j. Torner, who assaulted A. I4avisson, on
Thursday last, was sent before the First District
Court; bail, 5000. r. zt
Louis Antoine Sinclair was bound over to keep
the peace towards Widow Ravignot, for sis
months.
Madame and Miss Jane Smith have to pay slt
each for assaultng Mary Beleche, on Royal street
I julia Green and Anne Howard colorsd, for fight
ing on Custonlhouse street, We're fined SIS, witt
| The alternative of going to the Workhouse fo
thirty days. Samuel Pinques and r. Cohen were
fined $40 each for carrying concealed weapons.
Frank Banci was fined $50 for violating thu
health ordinance. Joe Bailey, colored, was fnet
$40 for running his cart on the wharves. Geo
w. Finley, Battle Pave, Thos. Allen, Frank John
son, August Gersting, Petit Didier, G. n. Holland
and John Page, the latter coloTed, were finet
each IS for drunkenness.
{ THIRD DIsrRIcT.-J. Dryburg and W. McDer
! mott, charged with fighting and disturbing tn
pehte, Were fined S. each. w. Wallace and Johl
Baker paid like sum each for getting drunk. L
Philips, colored charged with larceny, had HI
case continued.
Ann Trentley, charged with larceny, and Hug
r keunedy, with burglary, had tleir cases ais
continued.
: FOURTH DIsTR1cr.--John Henry, coloret
d charged with being deserter from the Unite
states army was turned over to the commandin
j. officer OF his regiment.
WIN. H. Henrady, charged with drunkenness
: and John AlcHenrY, charged with being susp
cious character, We're discharged.