New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-19

trying tn get hW nome ,.
William Mclean saw Craigen in like condition
between and tbs same evening. Afterwards,
the same night heard Crajgen, IN his own hou Sc
using such language as indicated that he was
drunk He was talking 70 his iather ana 5 calleu a
him id old We master =" ana ana a
id old son Of b-h." Wines Wines
has known Craigen since year ago last April.
He was not the habit of gettl'g drunk: Dlu moi
know him to be Of a quanelsOme dir, n0sluoh.
HeUsnson CraigeR J'atter Of Mh PLg. P',t$ygHeEI J.
8icO1gl-When Edward came home that night he
was very tight. He fell on the plank 3 2lAg liito
the yard. The little daughter Of witnoSs "ent ven
ont to help him and called witness OUT
Edward was all full of mud. Witness gave
him q box or two on the face, and m goi
mad. 1t was only the second time witnesN haG
seen him drunk He lost his leg at the hattf'f Gt
Shiloh Since then liquor seemed to fly in his he ad'
He was not over u when he went into the ar Wy
He is now 10. Witness belonged TO the army h m,
self and Edward ran away from his mother aLW
Gross esan.taed-He cut his hand in the house,
by breaking pitcher. He did not cnt witness
except little scratch on the ear. He had nothing
but pocket-knife. Witness and he we're scuttting
when the police came in.
Direct examination resunled-When policeman
Clark came in, GriiIer was present preventing
witness from chastising Edward. Witness, ms son
and the floor. were covered with blood Grller
must have got thc blood On his hand in cE1asyOr-
ing TO separate witness andsh son.
LENA Craige11 .s5Ster of accused SlcoTG--hd-
ward came home THAT night at about quarter to
10 O'Clock. He was highly Intoxicated, and fell
down at the gate. He did not know any OF the
fatally. Witness TOOK him il her lap. and asked
HIM What was the matter? He said nothing hGt
| " Oh my God " When he take li0uOr. which n
hat seldom since he lost hisleg IN Vie CUuiederaCyy
~ nAakes INN crazy.
The defense offered the discharge Of Craigen
from the Confederate army as evidence Of good
character, but it was ruled oat aa inadsuissable.
Peter 81. Cyl, a negro slrQrn--Enows Griller.
I'll. came to witness house at about qr5rtcr 10
I1D g q t,tBE
together, and as was usual with them every night,
played ramps for spruce beer. After a while Wit
ness heard an alarm of murder and cry for the
watch Il came from 3ir. Craigen's house. Grill
Ter ana witness went to Craigen's cate. With lie
hcIp Of the police the gate was broken Nils
Graigen asked witness for help, and lie Jumped in
the window. Both Grier aud witness gut be-
tween father and son to separate theI2, and both
got bloody in that way.
MI I. De Lfuy-Glye very good character
Of GrIler as a harlwgTking, quiet aud brave bog,
Witness one night, some nights ago was ATTACKED
hy t@o negroes who aimed TO murder him, when
Gfil'er, without knowing who he was at THE mo-
meut, knocked one Of the negroes down, and Sc
cured the arrest Of both
hanue Iorregano and Charles M9rel also gave
very good character Of Grler,
This closed the evidence. Mr. Ross having with
drawn unon Tie aeopit+al nf his client Carney the
! o -.,o o.,,r,,7 \ t, 1,i,+r;o+ ,4t.,o I,nt,,
'1e9 Mas a sue" ~ D9''ioV @AllolI'ey i'"AellDu
who opened, for tue State; by Aessfs SoGle, SheF-
blrue aud Castellanos for the defense, and by At
f,~ray General I1.rrnn who 1fzal in eya1F ,F Ne
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pEoSoCu'i'A' .
4 IaE FEapioI'
? 1t was about o'clock this morning when the
;7ra s,,irg oborgad tho inv tt, cogo a. s7h
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lhIteU' AT Il le" minutes before they came
into court with verdict of guilty, without capi
tai punishment =" against Crairen and acQuittinp
| T,alz,ri,,a ,r,l CrI1ar
: = - -
JFaigen was renamed 10 aWaG sentence, anc
the others were released from custody, whereUpor
the court adjourned
i
+ new TRIAL IN THE o O'BRIEN CAsE.--About twi
4 months ago Charles O'Brien was convicted in tbt
E,ir,. ritTio+ CONT of tIs Y,,,rior of III rir i
'''' - '.'0 4--''+ ''+ " l'' "+i0
h January last Inc Vefdlct helog " without capita
4 punishmeut.' Upon an application for new tri9
n Judge Abel Yesterday rendered the following de
h ;io which w. taaro o,,a,rf1s wifi, tIe ,srS a
# ,l-o .ytl '''I o-l99
d lnsltce Oh every liAparual ol'Lzeh VINO heara LIN
d evidence:
r State of Louisiana VS.. Charles O'Brfnn-Firs
It District Court-Gharge of nurder.-Ths is an an
d piication for new trial upon the verdict of til,
Jury finding him guilty of MURDER without capita
- punishment.
1T new trial is claimed on the grounfi of the re
fusal of the court to instruct the jury that the
"a could bring in special verdict find no the fact