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The Daily Dispatch: September 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ding.--The docket was a short one yesterday, and soon cleared by the court. James Shook, charged with swindling Thomas McDonald out of a five dollar note, was the first prisoner arraigned. About two o'clock Thursday, Shook went into a drinking saloon on 17th street, opposite the old market, and proposed to sell a silver watch. McDonald bargained for it at the price of five dollars, and handed a bank note of that denomination to Shook, who passed it over his shoulder to a third party, and then called for his watch. He and McDonald both called on the police for assistance — the one to get his money, and the other to get his watch. The court ordered the watch to be delivered to McDonald, whose five dollar note was certainly missing, McDonald, whose five dollar note was certainly missing, and required Shook to give surety in $200 for his good behavior for twelve months, which was equivalent to committing him to jail. Edward Shields, charged with being a deserter from the Second Florida Regiment, was turned over to his sergeant, w