New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-31

wss on lis knees opposite to him, clipping his
hands as tlIoaghhe we're crying.
j. i. Renecke testified thatthe revolver present
was the property Of his brother, F. Reineeke.
Henry gIasco had the revolver in his possession
for the last two three months witness had no
reason to believe that the deceased came TO his
death by criminal means.
| Etienne G6ttfnan, ~ Royal street. testified tnaS
Biasco, with two friends, Mr.. Gauthler and
another, went to his house, between II and IL
| O'Clock. Basco was little excited by liquor.
| word spoken by A. Lavalle excited him more, but
| they soon made friends. Blasco told Gauther
| that he would put hina under tire table. Gauther
| told him he was his friend. Gaethier got up and
Bfasco told him he could whip hira Gauthier re-
| tired towards the desk, and Blasco took hold of
him by the collar and pushed him on a chair.
Blasco came to witness aud told him he was going
to whip them, when they went ont. Witnesses
brother nnotoued to Mr.. Lavalle to leave, which
he did, He then asked Biasco for his pistol, which
he gave up without trouGe, but about fve minutes
after he came back and got the pis: ol. He came
into the saloon to bid % good nlsnI ana asKea us
whether his word Of honor to pay the bill was
good. Witness said :. fes;" and he went out
With Mr. Gauthier, and thought they appeared
friendly. Gauthier was the only person in the
street with Blasco that witness could see. r
Jean PhiIbet testified that he met the deceased
| and Gauther on Royal street. They seemed to be
under the influence of liquor. Witness went GOWN
the street, and when at tie corner OF t.oyaf ana
| St. Ann, heard loud cries. Could not understand
what was said. Went back aad found the de-
ceased lying the sidewalk and the other man
kneeiing before him. Witness thought the parties
were Intoxicated, and they seemed to be pushing
one another. +
DIR. Huard, city physician, testified that de-
ceased came to his death from the effect Of ball
entering the os ronidHs tearing the anterior lobes
of the right and let hemspheres Of the brain. The
power OF speech must have been abolished in
stanta, consequently it coald not be admitted that
deceased spoke after being wounded. Death must
have been instantaneous.
The jury Of inquest, after hearing some other
I testimony not important rendered verdict that
the deceased, Henry Blasco, came to his death
D from gunshot wound inflicted accidentally by q
pistol in the hands of the said Basco, between the
hours of u and o'clock A. NJ, March 3d. 1866, on
Royal street, near the corner of Toulouse.
The verdict thus exonerating Gauthier, he va.
discharged from custody.
RECORDER AHERs's CouRT.-Tom Hall, WHOSE
reputation is much affected account of the allie
cation made against him by the police, that he j
e fugitive from justice and not being able to SHOW
that he was one of the best members Of society
- was committed to the workhouse for six months
a Under the discipline of Capt. Address, he vii
i have ample time for reflection, if not goot
chance for reformation. !,
shoeing himself at the expense of Brubel Bros
will to the extent Of one pair Of understanding
1T have to workhouse it for the next sixty days.
Phillip Toiva, colored gentleman, who, az
e cording to the charges against him. is OF an e.
ceedingly beIlgerent turn of mind, was hned s.
for an assault and resisting the officer, and in q
h fault of paying up will have to undergo thir
days in prison.
% Eliza Bell, who was charged with attending
- gentlemen's clothing in the City Hotel in o wa
not authorized by the rules of that or any otht
,e house, was committed to the workhouse for thir
days.
,e Simon Lawrence, charged with taking a ca
riage ride and refusing to remunerate the Jeh
was charged $40, which let him in much mol
d, than if he had ponied up in straight fashion.
The proceedings in the other recorders cour
til were of trifing character, no cases being exar
ined, and those arrested the previous day al
he night requiring for their amendment fines or il
ell prisonment to an extent hardly worthy of motto