The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-11
NUMBER l7s.

publicly, as when Polliague was brought before
r corder Neville. the prosecution was dismissed
without any evidence for the defense being hear,
because Roberts. who had made affidavit that 10
gave the bonds to Pollingae, in the First District
when on the stand as witness. said the property
was banded over in the Second District, and Pei
lneue was not the person TO whom he intrusts d
l.. I'll Q whole case was to have been examine q
by Recorder Gastinel, but on motion of the at
torney general the prosecution before that magic
trafe was dismissed this morning.
The case of ID. n. Harkey, accased OF obtaining
two thousand dollars worth OF property from I.
failed to appear and his bond tor $500. on which
John F. Rncker and r. e. Connor are securities,
was forfeited.
prosecution against Thomas Egan. for per-
jury alleged to have been committed in swearing
falsely, IN giving testimony before Justice
BrauRhn in case In which James 0'Hsra was
plaintiff and the accused was defendant, was dis
missed on motion of the district attorney.
In the case OF Paul Denpsgenee, charged With
the district attorney entered noUe proseqal
William johnson. colored. charged with the
lsrceny Of i've chickens, the property OF Fran
co.'s Ney, was arraigped aEd pleaded guilty, and
remanded for sentence.
Charles Morgan and Sam Wilson, alias Buck
sam. negroes, were tried for the murder of
another negro, named Charles Moore, who was
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struck in the head with loaded cane and being
cot in the abdomen with a razor, 10 room in the
rear Of Mrs. Merton's grocery, at the corner OF
kousseau and sorapsru streets. The jury found
Morgan guilty of maBslaughter. aud brought in q
vsraict Of murder without capital punishment
against Wilson,. dispute about game Of cards
led to the homicide.
The Grand Jury, preparing to make their
report, visited several public Institutions yes
terdsy.
prrorr~x N,x-., ,,s Cc,-r. g. a-.,L.-x.
and disturbers Of the peace were the only persons
arraened before the recorder.
-Four of the former, Catherine MeCartha, yo-
hanna Richards, James Morgan and VIM. Maddox
were sent to the WoFkhouse for sixty days..
Bob Lewis and John Gregory, colored. arrested
on charge OF stealing soap, were sent 10 the
Parish Prison for ten days.
The other cases were disposed Of by finding the
blenders in the sum Of IS each.
REcoRDER GAsTISEL's CoURT.--E. Davenport
appeared before Recorder 6astiael yesterday,
having been arrested upon a charge Of forgery,
and, waving an examination, the case was sent
before the First District Court on trial. The all
davit Is made by Mr.. Gabriel DeFeriet who de-
poses that on or about the 4th January 1867, the
accused forged a cheek upon the Bank Of America
for $500, purporting to have been signed by the
complainant, and tnat previously, ON the 3lst OF
december, he foyged another check on the same
hank, 18th the same signature. for $500. The
sigma ure oiIEr. DeFeriet was so well initiated
that both checks we're paid. The prisoner gave
bail In the sum Of $1,000.
Joe Bertrand hes been arrested and Is 10 custody
awaiting an investigation OF q charge against him,
of stealing property valued at SIS from Raymond
Gaze, at the corner OF Bourbon and Barracks
sfftets.
On motion Of the attorney general, the case of
John b. Pollingue and Achie Gajac, accused OF
enbe zzing $1,000 Of United States bonds. the pro-
perry Of Charles II. Roberts, was dismissed the
Grand Jury having investigated the charge and
presented bin of indictment in the First District
Court. IL ~ f.fta.
January Robinson, colored, was sent before the
Criminal Court to be tried for the larceny Of $50.
belonging to Henry Vale, No. ISL Biensile street.
Sometime between Thursday and sunday last.
pair of diamond earrings, valued at $3.50, aud be-
longing to Miss Antonete Legrand. were stolen
from her residence, No. 50 Bourbon street, and
she hes had colored servant of the family named
Eveina arrested On suspicion that the larceny was
committed by her.
At the instance of Edward Brown, No. 80 Old
Leyee street, Elizabeth Ray burn colored, has been
arrested for the larceny OF ten dollars stolen from
him yesterday morning.
Ellen White and Elizabeth Martin, both colored
couriezans, living on Burgundy street, between
CustOmhCuse and Bieuve, are under bon IS $3.50
each TO answer a complaint Of having stolen forty
dollars from d. Cutbif at late hour on Monday
night, 10 the premises occupied by the accused.
Since january last, from time to lime, Mr.. w.
II. Vredenberg's warehouse on BenvilIe street,
between Rampant and Burgundy was entered, and
Eve casks OF wine and four hundred and dfty
bOoco VI "iAuOW SiuoS pfOpcttl Naiucu NJ tloOVs
were stolen from II. Mr.. Vredenberg for while
suspected an employs and officers Malone and
Madden were detailed to make what discoveries
they could. The movements Of the employee were
watched until il was ascertained he was not the
guilty party. Then through the inst umentaity
of Cspdevile, the infdrmer, In regard % the rob.
berry Of Messrs. Fernandez & Villas cigar shop,
alint was given which put the officers Epon trail
hat ended IN the discovery Of the fact that Theo-
dore arue and Pierre Berth. both Of whom are
in jail awaiting trial for the cigar shop burglary,
referred TO above. were the persons who had
p'uDdered Mr.. Vredenbarg's store. Berth got a
Islse key made by which be could enter the
store, and he succeeded in getting out the bulky
goods stolen at different times, at the hour in the
morning when the night police were relieved aud
the day police were going on duty. Larue had a
coal yard directly opposite 20 the warehouse, and
the wine was rolled into the yard, and the glass
carried there and concealed until favorable op-
poriuniiy occurred for removing the packages
elsewhere. The Ulcers traced some Of the wine
10 the possession OF Baptiste Cisrin. market
hucksier, who lives on St. Philip street, aud Jos.
Cspdecomb, another marketman. who resides on
Ievee street near Ursulines. Both these men have
been arrested, and have given bail for their ap-
pesTance. A man named Baptiste. employed in
Lsrue's yard, has also been taken into custody.
None of the glass has been found yet. av