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Not ready for trial. --The case of Fontain Rowe, charged with stealing $75 from Antonio Silva, was called in the Mayor's Court, but continued on account of the absence of James McCabe, an important witness, for whom a subpŒna was issued.
The Daily Dispatch: June 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], Inspector General's office, Headq'hs, Richmond, June 5th, 1861 (search)
Grand larceny. --Fontaine Rowe, the hero of a dozen disorderly proceedings, and an active participant in the riot at Solitude, ending in the breaking of John Curry's skull, was brought before the Mayor on yesterday, charged with exerting his talents in a new field — that of discovery. He had found and appropriated to his own use $32 in bank notes and $8 in coin, belonging to Antonio Silva.--The proof showed that the money was not lost. Rowe was committed to jail till the second Monday in July, when he will be brought before the Hustings Court for a further examination. It is quite likely that the present charge will land him in the White House--a kind of college where the students learn their lessons under compulsion.
he 3d Ward. This Bonder and others we appointed to conduct said election. Robert O. Ward, who had been commissioned Notary, Public by the Governor appeared before the court and gave bond as such. William Read was for concerned with Jon. T. Smith the 20th of December, in stunning a cost worth $75 from Gustavus R. Howard, on 11th street. the Court sent him on for trial before Judge Lyons. James' A. Clarke, the same party arrested and tried about a year since for robbing Antonio Silva, was arraigned for having on the 23rd of December, cut and stabbed Jenn A. Owens. The proof being damned staple, Clarke was committed for trial before Judge Lyons. Robert free negro, was tried for having in his possession, on the 8th of January, a variety of species supposed to have been stolen. Nobody put in a claim for the property, and the defendant was acquitted. The case against Wm. H. Ross and John Robinson, free negroes for the alleged robbery of Alfred, a slave, on t