The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-23

Merchants and Traders Bank, which was col
Iected and divided among us, Fannan reserving
| SIS for Newman, from whom he said be got the
| letter. Knew Newman by sight. but had no ac.
quaintance with him. Had known the Others for
| some time. When be went TO meet Fannan in
| Coliseum square he knew the purpose for going,
Little having told him. Witness had been pre-.
vously charged with abstracting letters from the
Postofhce, and was under bond at present.
PROMISES had been made him to testify in this
| case. Told the chiefof-pOlice and Mr.. Webster
| that he desired to testify.l
Mr.. IdtiGferTo, postmaster, slcOrT-Newman
was In bis employ as a messenger in the lobby.
he was not allowed to have anything to do with
the letters, but might have easy access to them
| as he passed. Much complaint had been made in
regard to lost letters, but he thought that but few
losses had been traced to the New Orleans post
ONCE. There is no distributing office between
New Orleans and Columbus, Ca: thought let
ter under brass lock from the latter point would
come through safe.
Mr.. Wood, chief bor clerk, s,coyn.-Kuew
where Webster & Co.'S box was located at the
tlIne the letter was taken. Did not think that
Newman could obtain access to the boxes New
man had no business with the letters.
The evidence of Mr.. Woodbridge assistant post.
master was taken, elicting no new facts, and here
the testimony closed.
The commissioner concluded the investigation
by sending all four of the accused before the
United States District Court, fixing the bonds OF
Newman and Albert at $500 each and those of
Little and Fannan at $1,000 each.
FIRST DISTRICT CoURr-Judge Hoaoe-Mdy 90.
new ial was ordered to be granted to Fran.
co.'s Jure, convicted on Thursday of embezzIin1
the sum Of one hundred and fifty dollars belong.
ing 10 Antonio Mass. The district attorney did
not urge conviction and made no opposition 70
the motion for another trial. the jury found the
prisoner guilty on evidence upon which it was
clear to all present at the trial he should have
been acquitted.
The district attorney entered raoUe proseq,,i in
the case OF Daniel Mcconnell, charged with en-
n 81 n M Anl end asxe~v
OF ten dollar note. which Stephen 0. Leary in.
trusted to him to purchase an article worth thirty
five cents, and he failed to return the change.
Joseph Opman pleaded guilty to a charge of
assault and battery on Margaret Barth and was
sentenced to pay fine of twenty dollars.
Hannah Davis, cOored, informed against for at
tempting on the night of the Ilth ult TO set fire
TO the house No. Se2 Baronne street, occupied by
Mrs. Mary A. Turner, pleaded guilty and was re-
manded for sentence.
A prosecution against W. G. Murray, accused
OF obtaining by false representations a package
Of goods valued at eighty dollars, the property of
the finn Of Sproue & McCown, was dismissed on
motion of the district attorney.
Israel Temple, colOred, indicted for manslaugh-
ter, charged to have been committed in killing
Ches. Smith, colored, by stabbng him with
knife on Gsiennie street, on the Gath March last,
was tried, and the jury, after long absence were
discharged: the foreman reporting that there was
no probability Of their agreeing upon a verdict.
The prisoner was remanded to jail to await an
other trial.
H. Begley was found guilty of obtaining. by
forged order purporung to have been signed by
+. 5. Henderson, five rolls of leather, consigned
to them on the steamer Selma. z. Galliger, &C.
cused Of being an accomphce of Begley in the
transaction, has forfeited bis bond and is fugi-
tive from justice.
RECORDER GAsTINEL's COuRT. Theodore F.
Collum was yesterday examined on charge pre-
ferTed against him on the 23d ult., Of obtaining
money by false representations. The complaint
do htyT Tnbn -
that the accused sold him half interest in the
steam ferry boat Philadelphia for two thousand
dollars, assuring him that there was no lien or
claim upon the share; that the money was paid
to the accused and that after the bargain was
consummated complainant discovered that the
accused had had mortgaged his interest in the
boat, on the 9Th November last, to Levi +. Col.
burn, in Chicago, for tWenty-one hundred and
sixty eight dollars, who had made the lien valid
here by having the mortgage recorded in the
Customhouse In this city. The recorder decided
that the case was one OF which the criminal tribu-
mails bad no Jurisdiction; that it was civil case,
and dismissed the prosecution.
Jacob Lyman. accused of entering the house of
Florence Mclaughlin, colored, on Burgundy street.
near Customhouse, at o'clock on the morning of
the 18th inst, and administering chlorOform to
her, int tending 10 steal while she was insensible
was examined and the accused was dismissed upon
giving bond for his good behavior. The prosecu-
trix is a low courtesan, and il appeared that Nc
Laughlin was inebriated at the time and had no
such design as attributed TO him.
A charge against police officer Duvigneaud of
embezzliDg thirty dollars city notes, intrusted TO
him in November last, to change for greenbacks,
was dismissed.
John Heinhart, residing at the corner of Laharpe
street and Gentilly road. who was arrested at the
instance of his wife, Catherine Heinhart, on a
charge of beating her with stick, with the pur
pose of killing her, at midnight. on Thursday, at
her place of abode, on Barrack street, between
Dauphi2 and Burgundy, pleaded not guilty, and
gave security to appear when called upon for
examination
joseph Hrondelle wns committed to prison to
awai: examination on q charge OF pISscn OF trust,
averre6 TO have been committed in sppf0pfisting
to his own use the sum Of fifty dollars, which j.
Divole intrusted to him to pay Jean Gstti.
Antonio Barroni was required to give bond for
his appearance to answer q charge Of stealing
about one hundred and fifty dollars worth of oak
bark, belonging TO Jacob Stein, from the levee of
the Canal Carondelet, where the property was
corded.
Warrington Gossip.