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The Daily Dispatch: August 25, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 3 (search)
Mayor's Court, yesterday. --Recorder James K. Caskie presiding.--Daniel Sullivan, charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct in the street, was fined five dollars; Dennis Sweeney was required to give security in the sum of three hundred dollars for his good behavior in consequence of alleged cruelty towards his wife and step-daughter; William, slave of Cornelius Crew, charged with stealing a bushel of meal from Fanny Carter, was ordered to receive thirty-nine lashes; a whipping was ordered to be given Jacob, slave of George Bagby, for sleeping in the First Market; and Agnes, slave of A. Martin, was discharged for lack of evidence sufficiently strong to convict her of using abusive and provoking language towards Conrad, a little son of Paul E. Larische. The Mayor still continues confined to his room from sickness.
The Daily Dispatch: August 26, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
s Court--Recorder Caskie presiding. --Ill health on the part of the Mayor has deterred him from officiating for the past few days. Yesterday morning he left the city for a short recreation in the country; and during the interim of his absence the police affairs of the city will be under the management of Recorder James K. Caskie, whose efficient management has hitherto given general satisfaction. The following is a true transcript of the business disposed of yesterday morning: Dennis Sweeney was charged with unlawfully turning out of doors Elizabeth Grimes, stop-daughter of Dennis' second wife. The accused testified that Miss Grimes was anxious to cause a disturbance between himself and wife; and because he intimated on Wednesday that himself and wife were the only ones who had any right to exercise authority over the premises, the complainant flew in a passion and procured the warrant upon which he was arraigned. After a careful sitting of the testimony, the Recorder disc
The Daily Dispatch: November 19, 1864., [Electronic resource], Hustings Court. (search)
is relatives in the community, had invested the case with considerable interest, and his friends are gratified at this speedy and complete refutation of the serious charge made against him. Catherine Collins, charged with receiving sundry articles of Government wearing apparel, knowing them to have been stolen, was found not guilty and discharged. In a second case against the same, a rule was awarded against certain absent witnesses, made returnable to-day. In the case of H. S. Arnold, indicted for larceny, a rule was awarded against witnesses, returnable this morning. Mary Hovan, indicted for larceny, was tried and acquitted. The grand jury brought in true bills against the following parties: Charles Herbert, for assault and battery; Joseph Clifford, for keeping a faro bank; Patrick Sweeney, retailing ardent spirits, three indictments; Dennis Sweeney, retailing ardent spirits, three indictments. The court thereupon adjourned till this morning at 11 o'clock.
The Daily Dispatch: December 15, 1864., [Electronic resource], Confederate Congress. (search)
Hustings court. --In this court yesterday, Henry Hungerford was convicted in three cases of betting at faro and fined $200 in each case. Benjamin Degroot, convicted in three cases of betting at faro, was fined $200 in each case. Henry Smith was fined $50 in each of three cases for retailing ardent spirits without a license. Three cases against Dennis Sweeney for retailing ardent spirits without a license were dismissed upon his payment of costs. The court adjourned till 11 o'clock this morning.