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The Daily Dispatch: August 3, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Yankees in North Carolina. (search)
Stealing Cattle. --Sylvanus T. Brown, a Charles City free negro, was arraigned before the Recorder last Saturday to answer the charge of stealing two calves from Nathaniel Lawrence, on Wednesday night last. At an early hour on Thursday morning Mr. Lawrence missed his veals, and taking the tracks of the cart in which they werd unintentionally purchased stolen stock of a free negro, gave them up, and started in pursuit of the thief. After riding some eight or nine miles he came up with Brown, recovered all his money but three dollars, brought him back to the city, and delivered him to the police. Brown proved by two other free negroes that he purchaseBrown proved by two other free negroes that he purchased the calves of another negro, while on the road to Richmond, at night, and gave $50 for each of them; but neither the witnesses nor the prisoner could tell who that negro was, nor whether slave or free. The Recorder remanded him for felony, to be examined at the next term of the Hustings Court, and committed him to jail for safe
The Daily Dispatch: September 16, 1863., [Electronic resource], Wanted (search)
, Recorder; Richard S Sanway, Senior Alderman, and James Bray, Wm. W Timberlake, L. T. Chandler, and Adolphus Gary, Aldermen. The application of Thomas S. Bradford; asking a license to keep an ordinary at his house in this city, was rejected. Mr. G. W. Garnett appeared and qualified as Notary Public for the city of Richmond. The application of Francis Berily, a free negro woman, for permission to remain in the Commonwealth, will be heard on Friday next. The trial of Sylvanus T. Brown, a free negro, for feloniously stealing two cities from Nathaniel Lawrence, on the 30th of July last, was continued till the October term. John N. Gary was nominated and qualified as Deputy Sergeant of the City of Richmond. Bettie Page, a free negroes, confined in jail sometime since, was ordered by the Court to be hired out to pay jail fees. Daniel Solan, charged with stealing 400 pounds of Iron from the C. S. Government, was discharged. The trial of Andrew, slave
The Daily Dispatch: October 14, 1863., [Electronic resource], For hire. (search)
Hustings Court. --This Court assembled yesterday. Present: Recorder James K. Caskie, Aldermen Sanxay, Bray, Jones, Chandler, and Gary. Sylvanus T. Brown, a free negro, charged with stealing two calves of the value of $180, was yesterday tried, found guilty, and sentenced to be sold into absolute slavery. This is the same negro who, it is alleged, conducted the enemy in their raids through the county of Charles City. James Jennings, charged with stealing a gold watch, valued at $500, from John W. Cosby, was arraigned for trial and sent on before Judge Lyons. Lewis, a slave of Turpin & Yarbrough, charged with stealing a gold watch, valued at $100, from Joseph A. Brown, was tried and ordered to received twenty lashes for the offence. William, slave of John Karr, charged with stealing sundry articles from John P. Ballard, was ordered twenty lashes. He was also ordered twenty lashes for stealing sundry articles of wearing apparel from the Winder Hospital.