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The Daily Dispatch: October 15, 1864., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: October 15, 1864., [Electronic resource], Mayor's Court. (search)
Mayor's Court. --A summary of the proceedings before this court yesterday morning will be found below: Samuel D. Jeter, a very small, deserted-looking boy, was charged with attempting to pick the pocket of William H. Beveridge. A short statement of the facts connected with the case was made by watchman Rock; but his testimony fell far short of making out a clear case against the accused, and the Mayor therefore dismissed the matter. James M. Spindle and Adolphus Goddin, the parties arrested in the Second Market on Thursday upon the charge of engaging in a pugilistic encounter, were discharged upon ascertaining that an amicable adjustment of their difficulties had been effected between themselves. A negro fellow named Harrison, slave of Major Archer, charged with having a pair of shoes and a horse collar in his possession supposed to have been stolen, proved his claim to the articles in dispute and was discharged. Lizzie, slave of Julins Bear, was charged wit
The Daily Dispatch: February 2, 1865., [Electronic resource], Selling out. (search)
Mayor's Court. --Among a large number of cases disposed of by the Mayor yesterday, we note the following: William Cayce, a member of Captain George T. Whittington's battery, was charged with being a suspicious character and having a pair of shoes supposed to have been stolen. Cayce proved a clear title to the shoes, and was discharged. Samuel D. Jeter, charged with entering the room of A. A. McBride and stealing therefrom a pair of shoes, was discharged in consequence of his extreme youth. Kitty, slave of James Pendleton, charged with stealing a silk dress, valued at eight hundred dollars, from Mrs. Ann E. Collier, was ordered to be whipped. The case of Thomas Stratton and Edward Curtin, charged with forcing their way into a room on Main street, occupied by Misses Emma Smith and Kate Lloyd, and stealing therefrom fifteen hundred dollars' worth of wearing apparel, was taken up. The complainants testified that, on the night of the robbery, two men came to thei