Profilet v. Hall & Hildreth

The plaintiff, a citizen of the State of Mississippi, alleges that he came to the city of New Orleans during the month of July, 1857, and stopped at the St. Charles Hotel, a public house of entertainment, kept by Hall & Hil-dreth.

That petitioner was given, in this hotel, room No. 124, and retired to rest therein.

That during the night of July 10th, 1857, the room occupied by him was entered, and the following articles, his property, were taken therefrom, and wholly lost to him : one gold watch, of the value of $225 ; one seal ring, worth $30 ; one masonic medal, of the value of $20 ; and one…