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