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The Daily Dispatch: February 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], Appointments to the Georgia Army . (search)
Row among the Newsboys.
--Wm. Hogan was arraigned before Recorder Caskie yesterday for assaulting Augustus Longinotti, son of Jose Longinotti, engaged in selling newspapers, who, from rivalry or some other infantile cause, had been induced to quarrel near the Danville Depot.
Some little abuse and blows passed between.--Hogan undertook to redress the grievances of his boy, and slapped young Longinotti.
The testimony as to the cause of the domestic fend was rather conflicting.
Paternal advices to the parties in fault, and a recommendation to "sin no more," preceded the Recorder's order that the parties be discharged.
The Daily Dispatch: February 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], Forgery case. (search)
Forgery case.
--Franklin Richmond, a young married man, a blacksmith by trade, was arraigned before Recorder Caskie, charged with forging H. M. Smith's name to two orders, one for clothing on Wolfe & Brother, the other for groceries on John M. Higgins.
The first order, purporting to be written by Smith, reads as follows:
Richmond, Nov. 19, 1861.
Mr. Wolfe: Let Mr. James Wilson have clothing to the amount of $15, and present your bill to me. H. M. Smith. Respectfully,
It was written in ink. The second, in pencil, reads as follows:
Richmond, Jan. 25, 1861.
Mr. Higgins: Please let Mr. Davis have $2.50 worth of groceries, and charge me. H. M. Smith. Respectfully,
On the bills being presented, Smith denied all knowledge of either Wilson or Davis, or of the transaction.
The handwriting in both orders was the same, and circumstances pointing to the prisoner, he was arrested, and identified by Wolfe and Higgins as the party who had
Recorder's Court.
--The following cases were disposed of yesterday at the City Hall, by Recorder Caskie: Robert Clendining, acquitted of beating his wife, at her request; Henry, slave of Ro. Hatcher, no pass and asleep under a shed — certificate as a runaway granted; Wm. Henry, slave of Spencer Waring, ordered 39 lashes for stealing a lot of wearing apparel from Wm. H. Baily; Tim Foster, slave of Mary Raine, ordered 25 lashes for trespassing on Dr. Hundley's premises, and Fleming Tucker, arrested for an assault on Robert Franklin's son, discharged — the complainant not putting in an appearanc
The Daily Dispatch: February 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], Suspected of robbing the mail. (search)
Suspected of robbing the mail.
--Sam, a slave, in the employ of Mr. R. B. Crow, who has charge of the Custom-House at night, was arrested and carried before Recorder Caskie yesterday, on suspicion of robbing the United States mail bags at the Post-Office, which is kept in the basement of the Custom-House building.
The Recorder sent the accused before United States Commissioner Watson for examination.
Sam, the slave of R. E. Crow, who was carried before Recorder Caskie a few days since, on suspicion of robbing a mail bag at the Post Office, and who was, by him, sent before the United States Commissioner, was acquitted by that officer, who refused to Issue a warrant against him.
Arrest of suspicious persons.
--Two individuals lately employed in this city, calling themselves Frederick Spindler and Frank Heiner, were arrested on Sunday, in Caroline county, as suspicious characters, by the Vigilance Committee established in that region.
They were brought to this city yesterday, and carried before Recorder Caskie.
The utterance of words of a seditious character was proved on Spindler by persons who worked in the same shop with him at Binford & Porter's. -- Against Heiner there was nothing specially proved, save that he was taking a very round about way of getting out of town towards the North, and professed entire ignorance of the extensively published proclamation of the Governor, requiring non-residents to leave with a permit.
The Recorder said he did not wish, even in times of excitement, to do anything contrary to law and justice, and he would continue the case till this morning, in order to allow the accused an opportunity of proving their innocence
The Daily Dispatch: April 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], The widow's Mite. (search)
Rebecca Chandler, a dissolute white females, of unpleasing exterior, was carried before Recorder Caskie yesterday, for being drunk and disorderly in the street.
She was committed in default of $100 security to keep the peace to wards Wm. B. Brown.
Miss Chandler's nose was some what impaired in beauty by the removal of a section of the cuticle near the bridge — supposed, from appearances, to have been affected by violent means.
Recorder's Court.
--Yesterday Recorder Caskie disposed of the following cases: Claiborne, slave of Robert A. Lancaster, for stealing $2.50 from Wm. Gentry — whipped.
George slave of John Holman, for cutting Rebecca Toosdale with a knife — whipped.
Pat Farley up for threatening an assault on Mary H. Ferguson, was discharged, at her request Sealey Wigton, who had violated the public peace, was sent down, in default of $300 surely for his good behavior.
James Coy, Sr., for trespassing on the premises of J. R. Anderson & Co., was committed for want of surely, and set to work in the chain gang for the period of sixty days. Mary Moore, for throwing stones at the house of Ann Breeden, was committed in default of surety for her good behavio
Recorder's Court.
--Recorder Caskie yesterday ordered Jesse, slave of S. C. Tardy, to be punished for assaulting Wm. T. Carter.--Mary Shaw, up for beating Mary Plackett, was held to ball, as was the plaintiff, a willing participant in the mess.
P. Sangun and John Tieraly, up for spiritual indiscretion, were dismissed with a caution as to future conduct.
The Daily Dispatch: may 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], The "fighting Zouaves." (search)
Horse stealing
--Patrick Haley was arrested and carried before Recorder Caskie yesterday, for stealing and carrying away a bay horse belonging to John W. Hill, of the value of $125. The prisoner was remanded to jail till the 13th inst., when he will undergo a final examination before the Hustings Court for the offence with which he stands charged.