New Orleans City ordinances covered everything from the baking of bread to the use of wheelbarrows. Offenders were brought before the Recorders Court. This Digest provides a fascinating look into the daily life of New Orleanians in the 1840s.
Digest of the ordinances and resolutions of the Second Municipality of New-Orleans: in force May 1, 1840. New Orleans: Printed by F. Cook & A. Levy.
- compiled by order of the Council by John Calhoun
Link to copy via the HathiTrust: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112105399838
Recorder's Court--Second Municipality
The following is our report of the cases which came before Recorder Baldwin yesterday.
Catherine Keenan, an unfortunate creature, whose name we have often published in our police reports, was found lying beastly drunk on one of the wharves at the levee. Kate was sent to the calaboose for 30 days.
Wm. Parker and Fred'k Cogshall were arrested as suspicious and dangerous characters. Failing to give a good account of themselves, they were committed for 30 days each.
Terrence Martin was found drunk. Discharged on paying his jail fees.
The Calaboose was the name for the old Spanish jail by the Cabildo. The Recorder regularly sent drunks, thieves, loafers, and "suspicious persons" there to serve a 30 day sentence.
