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Territory of Orleans. County Court (Orleans) Territory of Orleans. City Court (New Orleans) Inventory of criminal cases tried by Orleans County Court (1805-1807) and City Court (1807-1812) Digital images are available online as part of the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Collection at the Louisiana Digital Library. The original documents are closed to researchers. The fields of the records are organized in the following way: -- Case numberA listing of the contents of five folders of miscellaneous documents follows the inventory of numbered case records |
| Case Number | Year of bill of information or indictment | Defendent | Charge | Notes |
| 2 | 1805 | Chandler, David | assault and battery | |
| 3 | 1805 | William, Edward, a free mulatto | larceny | ruled a true bill |
| 4 | 1805 | Plochet | assault and battery | ruled a true bill |
| 5 | 1805 | Alion, Petro | larceny | |
| 6 | 1805 | Sweeney, John | assault and battery | ruled a true bill |
| 7 | 1805 | Fasand, Charles | assault and battery | ruled a true bill |
| 8 | 1805 | Negress Sarah, the slave of Mrs. Watts | larceny | |
| 9 | 1805 | Negress Sophia, a slave | larceny | |
| 10 | 1805 | Wilson, Samuel | assault and battery | |
| 11 | 1805 | Wilson, Samuel | assault and battery | |
| 12 | 1805 | Johnston, John | larceny | ruled a true bill |
| 13 | 1805 | Baptiste, John | larceny | ruled a true bill |
| 14 | 1805 | Proffit, James | assault and battery | ruled a true bill |
| 15 | 1805 | Magruder, Nathaniel Jones | assault and battery | ruled a true bill |
| 16 | 1805 | Mulatto Simon | larceny | ruled a true bill; confessed |
| 17 | 1805 | Pranpain | assault and battery | |
| 18 | 1805 | Langlois, Agiligue | assault and battery | |
| 19 | 1805 | Miller, Robert | assault and battery | |
| 20 | 1805 | Bure, Clement | assault and battery | ruled a true bill |
| 21 | 1805 | Robin, alias Robinson | larceny | |
| 22 | 1805 | Williams, Peter | larceny | confesses |
| 23 | 1805 | Villa Mille | assault and battery | |
| 24 | 1805 | Vilo Franko, Francisko | larceny | |
| 25 | 1805 | Reques Garcia, Ignacio | assault and battery | |
| 26 | 1807 | Castillani, Jose | assault and battery | includes a peace justice's document: mentions def. in OCC#85 |
| 27 | 1805 | Reques Garcia, Ignacio | larceny | |
| 29 | 1805 | Altamira, John Baptiste | larceny | |
| 30 | 1805 | Frias, Francis | assault and battery | |
| 31 | 1805 | Juarte, Augustine | larceny | includes prison order |
| 32 | 1805 | Johnson, Robert | assault and battery | includes prison records |
| 33 | 1805 | Roina, Jose Antonio | larceny | includes a list of items |
| 34 | 1805 | Peres, Antonio | larceny | includes prison order |
| 35 | 1805 | Miragh, Martin | larceny | |
| 36 | 1805 | Gin, William | larceny | |
| 37 | 1806 | Moore, Samuel | larceny | |
| 38 | 1806 | Richardson, William | larceny | |
| 39 | 1806 | Dwelling, William | larceny | |
| 40 | 1806 | Lamb, Thomas | larceny | |
| 41 | 1806 | Gustail, Benjamin | assault and battery | |
| 42 | 1806 | Doyle, Thomas | assault and battery | |
| 43 | 1806 | Caffrae, Frederick | assault and battery | |
| 44 | 1805 | Winn, Ham | assault and battery | |
| 45 | 1805 | Maldonado, Jose | larceny | |
| 46 | 1805 | Lopez, Guada | larceny | |
| 47 | 1805 | Gonsales, Mariano | assault and battery | |
| 48 | 1805 | Harrantin, Francis | larceny | |
| 49 | 1805 | Marice, Joseph | assault and battery | |
| 50 | 1805 | Forrester, Robert | assault and battery | discharged, additional documentation (bond papers) |
| 51 | 1806 | Pierre | larceny | ruled a true bill; discharged |
| 52 | 1806 | Menninger, Etienne | assault and battery | discharged |
| 53 | 1806 | Brown, Michel | larceny | |
| 54 | 1806 | Dolores, Jose | assault and battery upon a slave | |
| 55 | 1806 | Negroe Joe | larceny | |
| 56 | 1806 | Macarty, Eugene | assault and battery | not guilty |
| 57 | 1806 | Dauteriu, L. | assault and battery | |
| 58 | 1806 | Duncan, Adam | assault and battery | |
| 59 | 1806 | Kane, Joseph | assault and battery | |
| 60 | 1806 | Marcilo, Joseph | assault and battery | |
| 61 | 1806 | Jugard, Louis | assault and battery | |
| 62 | 1806 | Stanich, Phillip | assault and battery, assault | |
| 63 | 1806 | Leary, Champ | assault and battery | |
| 64 | 1806 | Jones, William & Madame Jones | assault and battery | |
| 65 | 1806 | Hilando, John | larceny | |
| 66 | 1806 | Slater, William | assault and battery | plead not guilty |
| 67 | 1806 | Henrick, Lawrence | larceny | "confess guilty" |
| 68 | 1806 | Jenny (FWC) | fraud | |
| 70 | 1806 | Piper, Robert (alias Robert Allan) | swindling | |
| 71 | 1806 | Slave Louis, slave to Jaime Jourdan | larceny | |
| 72 | 1806 | Scribbs, B. | assault and battery | includes bond paper |
| 73 | 1806 | Chenaugh, Jean-Louis, a free negro | larceny | includes additional information |
| 74 | 1806 | Hogan, Daniel | larceny | "forfeited" |
| 75 | 1806 | Jourdan, Pierre (Peter) | larceny | "tried" |
| 77 | 1806 | Johnston, Robert | larceny | includes justice of the peace's record |
| 78 | 1806 | Cox, William | larceny | |
| 79 | 1806 | Heredin, John (Juan) | assault and battery | includes justice of the peace's record |
| 80 | 1806 | Montreuil, Fanchouette | assault and battery | |
| 81 | 1806 | Lambert, Harry | assault and battery | |
| 82 | 1806 | Hare, Joseph, Daniel Reed, and William Briddle | larceny | includes justice of the peace's record |
| 83 | 1806 | Hare, Joseph, Daniel Reed, and William Briddle | larceny | |
| 84 | 1806 | Comminze, George, alias Cummins | assault and battery | |
| 85 | 1806 | Mulatto Thomas | larceny | |
| 86 | 1806 | Lardella, Joseph | assault and battery | |
| 87 | 1806 | Chandler, David | assault and battery | |
| 88 | 1806 | Nocha, Mariano | larceny | |
| 89 | 1806 | Knowle, Lurken | larceny | |
| 90 | 1806 | Gordon, Martin | assault and battery | |
| 91 | 1806 | Dargy, Bishouis; Antoine Jean-Louis Caizberger; J.L. Caisburger | assault and battery | |
| 92 | 1806 | Joseph y Lopez | assault and battery | |
| 93 | 1806 | Butler, Edmund | assault and battery | failed to appear in court after released on recognizance |
| 94 | 1806 | Morales, Antoine | larceny | includes a paper attesting that he was born free in Haiti |
| 95 | 1806 | Dwine, John | assault and battery | |
| 96 | 1806 | Forester, Christopher | larceny | includes justice of the peace’s record |
| 97 | 1806 | Andrews, John | receipt of stolen goods | includes arrest warrant, summons, and other material |
| 98 | 1806 | Duffel, Betsey | assault and battery | |
| 99 | 1806 | Mitchell, Peggy | assault and battery | |
| 100 | 1806 | Atterhoof, Daniel | assault and battery | |
| 101 | 1806 | Armitage, James | assault and battery | |
| 102 | 1806 | de la Reyes, Pedro | larceny | |
| 104 | 1807 | Marseffe, Louis | larceny | not tried |
| 105 | 1807 | Dwire, John | assault and battery | |
| 106 | 1807 | Day, Samuel | larceny | not tried |
| 107 | 1807 | Cullanan, John | assault and battery | |
| 108 | 1807 | Wilson, Peter | assault | plead not guilty; discharged |
| 109 | 1807 | Belleany | assault and battery | |
| 110 | 1807 | Wadd, George and John Johnson | larceny | |
| 111 | 1807 | Day, John | stealing | plead not guilty, discharged |
| 112 | 1807 | Eastin, Ransom | assault and battery | fined $100, fine remitted by order of Gov. Claiborne (included) |
| 113 | 1807 | Alexis, Louis | riotously entering a house | found guilty and pardoned |
| 114 | 1807 | Allen, Robert | swindling | includes recognizance papers; plead not guilty |
| 115 | 1807 | Armstrong, John and William Crummond | larceny | |
| 116 | 1807 | Cunningham, John | stealing | case was tried by a jury |
| 117 | 1807 | Lee, Basil | assault and battery | |
| 118 | 1807 | Lutz, Thomas | assault | found not guilty |
| 119 | 1807 | Hancock, Richard | assault and battery | |
| 120 | 1807 | Harde, Baptiste | assault and battery | |
| 123 | 1807 | Poitas, Juan | swindling | includes an unusually detailed description of the charge |
| 124 | 1807 | Jean P. Tomatis | swindling | plead not guilty; found guilty |
| 125 | 1807 | Joseph Provaux | assault and battery | includes recognizance papers; found guilty |
| 126 | 1807 | Robertson, Richard | larceny | |
| 127 | 1807 | Rodrigo, Francisco | larceny | plead not guilty |
| 132 | 1808 | Duvillier, Louis | assault and battery | |
| 133 | 1807 | Lana, Felix | larceny | plead not guilty |
| 134 | 1808 | Bailey. Thomas | maiming his slave | includes statements, bond papers, and an arest warrant |
| 135 | 1808 | Marks, Samuel | larceny | |
| 136 | 1808 | Van Dieren, John | larceny | includes additional documentation |
| 137 | 1808 | Quintano, Ignau | larceny | |
| 138 | 1808 | Johnston, James | larceny | includes request by Johnston's lawyer for a writ of habeus corpus |
| 139 | 1808 | Marks, Samuel | larceny | |
| 140 | 1808 | Marks, Samuel | fraud | plead guilty |
| 142 | 1808 | Pastoris, Juan | robbery | no bill of information; instead arrest is ordered by mayor |
| 143 | 1808 | Reyes, Martinez, Gomez, Sanchez, and Madrid | larceny | found guilty; includes docket extract |
| 145 | 1808 | Degantin Bellechasse, Joseph D. | assault | includes statement (French), victim was def. CC# 146 |
| 146 | 1808 | Thierry, J.B.S. | assault | includes statement (French), victim was def. CC# 145 |
| 147 | 1808 | Chopin the Elder | assault and battery | includes bond papers and arrest warrant |
| 148 | 1807 | Perdomo, Raphael | abusing a justice of the peace in public | includes warrant, bond papers, and statements (French) |
| 167 | 1810 | Azi, complaint against the negro | assault and battery against his master with shedding of blood | includes extensive documentation in French |
| 168 | 1809 | Perez, Ronas, alias Joseph Alvarez | fraud | defendant found guilty; includes extensive documentation (French) |
| 170 | 1810 | King, Francis | escaping from prison, larceny | ruled a true bill, plead not guilty, to be tried by a jury |
| 171 | 1810 | Frost, Benjamin, alias Benjamin Frost MacIntyre | fraud | |
| 172 | 1810 | Francoise, Bazile, alias Bazile Dade | escape from parish jail | |
| 173 | 1810 | Hacket, Thomas | larceny | |
| 174 | 1810 | Beacham, Euphemia | larceny | |
| 175 | 1810 | Hill and Anderson | slander | includes statements |
| 176 | 1810 | de Salles, Charles | assault and battery; death of a slave boy | defendant plead not guilty; includes statement (French) |
| 177 | 1810 | Madrid, Juan, alias Carthagina | larceny | found not guilty |
| 178 | 1810 | O'Brian, William | assault and battery | |
| 179 | 1810 | Valinsula, Joseph | larceny | found guilty |
| 181 | 1810 | Hanford, Israel | assault and battery | |
| 182 | 1810 | Marie Rose, a slave | attempting to poison her master and children | includes extensive documentation in French |
| 183 | 1811 | Nagel, Christopher | assault and battery | |
| 184 | 1811 | Negro John, property of Israel I. Trask | insurrection | includes arrest warrant, which names other defendants |
| 185 | 1811 | Negro Jerry, slave of James Fortier | insurrection | includes arrest warrant, which names other defendants |
| 186 | 1811 | Negro Etienne (Neptune), slave of James Fortier | insurrection | found guilty, hung, and exposed |
| 187 | 1811 | Negro Jean, the slave of Madame Christiene | insurrection | found guilty; not hung because he was 14 years old |
| 188 | 1811 | Garret, Daniel, the slave of Mr. Butler and Mr.McCutcheon | insurrection | includes arrest warrant; found guilty and hung |
| 189 | 1811 | Hector, the slave of Israel E. Trask | insurrection | information is in French; found guilty, hung, and exposed |
| 190 | 1811 | Louis, the slave of Israel E. Trask | insurrection | found guilty, hung, and exposed |
| 191 | 1811 | Jessamin, the slave of Noel Destrehan | insurrection | found guilty, hung, and exposed |
| 192 | 1811 | Theodore, the slave of Judge Trouard | insurrection | includes information in French; found guilty, but recommend mercy |
| 193 | 1811 | Gilbert, the slave of Mr. Andry | insurrection | includes summons; guilty, but shot, not hung and exposed |
| 194 | 1811 | Caesar, the slave of Israel E. Trask | insurrection | includes summons; found guilty, hung, and exposed |
| 195 | 1811 | Jaco (Jacob), the slave of the late Mr. Mueillon | insurrection | includes information in French; found not guilty |
| 197 | 1811 | Robert, Jacques, a free man of color | assault and battery | verdict was ignoramus |
| 198 | 1811 | Wilson, Robert, Vincent Jackson, and James Watson | breaking and entering, assault and battery, and larceny | defendants plead not guilty, found not guilty |
| 199 | 1811 | Quill, John and George Gray | larceny | defendants found not guilty |
| 200 | 1811 | Hoyle, Charles | check fraud | defendant plead not guilty |
| 201 | 1811 | Summus, John | swindling | verdict was ignoramus |
| 202 | 1811 | Atys, the negro slave of A. Harang | insurrection | found guilty, hung, and exposed; defendant is assessed by jury |
| 204 | 1811 | Chambert, John | battery | |
| 205 | 1811 | Bolero, Jose, a free negro | larceny | defendant plead not guilty, found not guilty |
| 206 | 1811 | Cesar, the slave of Girod | attacking a white man | |
| 207 | 1811 | Negro slave Andre | revolting against an overseer | includes some documentation in French |
| 208 | 1811 | Olivares, Jose | larceny | plead not guilty, found guilty |
| 209 | 1811 | Olivares, Jose | swindling | defendant plead not guilty, found guilty |
| 210 | 1811 | Drago, Stephen | larceny | verdict was ignoramus |
| 211 | 1811 | Bill, the slave of Madame Forage | assault and battery, murder | defendant found guilty and sentenced to be hung |
| 212 | 1811 | Jack, a free negro | larceny | defendant plead not guilty, found not guilty |
| 213 | 1812 | Negro Henry, a slave of Laymese and Grounx | assault and battery, murder | includes related papers in French; defendant found guilty |
| 214 | 1811 | Ambrose, the slave of Benjamin Farrar | arson | found not guilty |
| 215 | 1812 | Simon and Juliette, the slaves of M. Drausin and Lucien Labrache | poisoning | found not guilty |
| 217 | 1812 | Willimore, Nicholas | battery | defendant plead not guilty, found not guilty |
| 218 | 1812 | Doriac | assault, "laid hold" of a woman | ruled a true bill, but found not guilty |
| 219 | 1812 | Therrier, Lalander, and Claude Coulon | assault and battery, resisting a search warrant (for 2 slaves) | includes bond papers, warrants, and documentation in French |
| 220 | 1812 | Harris, Nathan, a free man of color | larceny | found not guilty |
| 221 | 1811 | Negro slave Andre (other slaves also named) | mutiny, menacing an overseer | arrest warrant only |
| 222 | 1812 | Jackson, Diana, a free woman of color | assault and battery | includes bond papers, arrest warrant; found guilty |
| 223 | 1812 | Quintena, Ignacio | escape from parish prison | includes arrest warrant; found guilty, but jury recommends mercy |
| 224 | 1812 | Quintena, Ignacio | escape from parish prison where imprisoned for larceny | includes documents in French; ruled no bill |
| 225 | 1812 | Deracourt, Francois and Jean-Baptiste Dufossat | assault and battery | ruled no bill |
| 226 | 1812 | Hosen, Daniel and Johana Dadia | assault and battery | includes additional documentation; ruled no bill |
| 227 | 1812 | Orphee (slave of P. Thomas) | insurrection | found guilty, death sentence commuted due to special circumstances
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| 228 | 1812 | Isaac or Jacques, a slave of Domingue Fletas | insurrection | found guilty, hung, and exposed |
| 229 | 1812 | Honore, a slave of Mr. Lemege | insurrection | found guilty, hung, and exposed |
| 231 | 1812 | Joseph, a slave of Mr. Bellechasse | insurrection | found guilty, hung, and exposed |
| 232 | 1812 | Charles, a slave of Mr. Bienvenu | insurrection | hung, but buried (not exposed) because of brother-in-law's acts |
| 233 | 1812 | Lindor, a slave of A. Bienvenu | insurrection | found guilty, hung, and exposed |
| 235 | 1812 | Raimond, a slave of A. Bienvenu | insurrection | found not guilty |
| 240 | 1812 | Colin, a slave of Mr. Villamil | insurrection | found not guilty |
| 241 | 1812 | Antoine, a slave of Mr. Boniquet | insurrection | found not guilty |
| 242 | 1812 | Charles, a slave of Mr. Marigny | insurrection | found not guilty |
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Misc. Documents 1 - page from the docket of a Justice of the Peace, 1806; mentions Territory of
Orleans vs. William James (assault and battery)
Misc. Documents 2 - request for writ of habeus corpus from Thomas Cunningham (March 1808);
granted by L. Moreau Lislet, City Court Judge
Misc. Documents 3 - an abstract of the Mayor's docket, cases from September 1806 to March 1807;
defendants: James Wilmouth, Christopher Forester (a soldier in the army – OCC#96), Bartoleme
Burgo, and John Cullanan (OCC#107)
Misc. Documents 4 - three pages of records of Missonnet, Justice of the Peace, May 1808 (in
French) Misc. Documents 5 - page from the records of Benedict F. Van Pradelles, Justice of the Peace, describing an assault and battery charge against Isaac W. Robertson (1808)
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