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The Daily Dispatch: September 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], General Lee injured. (search)
Police Court, Saturday. --Mrs. A. Hill's negro girl Lavinia, was examined for having, on a recent occasion, set fire to the house of her mistress, in several places, and thereby nearly caused the destruction of the edifice. The prisoner was remanded for trial before the Hustings Court on Monday. Elizabeth Randolph, free, arrested on the order of the Mayor on suspicion of larceny, was continued in jail for examination.--James Smithers, who had fallen into the hands of the police while disporting himself on Main street at variance with law and order, was admonished and let off.--James Coyle, a person of suspicious appearance, was arraigned for going into the watch making business in a manner forbidden by law and custom. The mode adopted by Mr. Coyle was by no means peculiar to himself, it being the old style adopted by enter prising individuals from the time of Jack Sheppard upwards. Possessing himself of an iron instrument known as a "jimmy," he had contrived by its skillful u