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lso required to give $300 for his good behavior, which, of course, he didn't do. Robert Lovelace was brought up on the charge of being drunk and lying on a sidewalk. The witness in the case testified that Lovelace, an Alexandrian, had earnestly declared his intention to leave this "cursed hole," where, he said, a man couldn't get drunk and lie on the sidewalk without having his clothes stolen off his back. He was sent to jail in default of giving surety for his good behavior. Matthew Bisbie, a free negro, out of his proper county, was ordered back to New Kent. Conrad Fearing, arrested as a suspicious character, and for interfering with persons in the street, was committed to jail. Tom, a slave, was ordered 30 lashes for being drunk and trespassing on Mary W. Muse. Jim and George, slaves, were committed to jail on the charge of fighting. It seems that knives were used, and an offence committed punishable by a higher court. George Sharp was arraigned for