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The Daily Dispatch: August 15, 1864., [Electronic resource], Prison Items. (search)
Prison Items. --The following arrests were made by the city police yesterday, and the parties were committed to the upper and lower station-houses: Thomas, slave of Talbott & Brother, charged with stealing one gold bracelet, three gold rings, one silver watch and chain, seven dollars in gold coin, five dollars in silver coin, and seven dollars in Confederate notes, the property of Lucy A. Miller; John Ellis, says he is free and from South Carolina, but has no papers, arrested on suspicion of breaking into Thomas Ruskell's stable and stealing a saddle, valued at two hundred dollars, the property of William H. Haywood; George, slave of J. D. Blair, charged with stealing a lot of meal, lard and butter from his master.
The Daily Dispatch: August 16, 1864., [Electronic resource], Northern News. (search)
Mayor's Court. --The cases before the Mayor yesterday were of an uninteresting character, and in none of them was there elicited any testimony worthy of repeating. The following is a summary: Thomas, slave of Talbott & Brother, was charged with feloniously stealing one gold bracelet, of the value of $100; three gold rings, valued at $50; one silver watch, valued at $200; seven dollars in gold, five dollars in silver, and seven dollars in Confederate notes, the property of Lucy A. Miller. No witnesses appearing, the case was continued. Charles, slave of Walter Turpin, charged with having in his possession two breastpins and one pair of ear-rings, all of the value of $200, supposed to be stolen, was remanded for a future hearing. John Ellis, a free negro, was charged with breaking into the stable of Thomas Russell, on Saturday night, and stealing one saddle, valued at two hundred dollars, the property of Captain William H. Haywood. The testimony was conclusive aga
The Daily Dispatch: August 18, 1864., [Electronic resource], Four thousand five hundred dollars reward. (search)
o the Hustings Court for further examination. This case had a hearing some days since, but his Honor deferred his decision in order that the counsel for the accused could obtain a material witness; but the witness failing to appear yesterday, he was willing to rest the fate of his client upon the testimony for the Commonwealth, which had already been elicited; whereupon the matter was immediately disposed of as above stated. The charge of stealing a lot of jewelry and money from Mrs. Lucy A. Miller, preferred against Thomas, slave of Talbott & Brother, partially heard on Tuesday by his Honor, and deferred till yesterday, was again continued. Michael Sullivan and Monteith, two white boys of very bad character, were committed for want of security for good behavior — the first charged with striking Belia MacCarthy with a stone, and the second for stealing watermelons in the Second Market. Alice Hardgrove, charged with assaulting John L. Roane with a two-pound weight, and