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The Daily Dispatch: April 15, 1864., [Electronic resource], Hustings Court. (search)
Hustings Court. --The case of Edward, slave of Wm. Winston Jones, charged with plotting to take the life of watchman Fabius Hicks, by shooting at him with a pistol, commenced on Wednesday, was concluded on yesterday by the Court acquitting the accused. R. L. Saunders, charged with stealing locks from the enclosures and vaults in Hollywood Cemetery, was examined and sent on to the Judge for trial. Wm. Byrd, charged with stealing a $20 gold piece from Lafayette Brooks, was examined and acquitted. In the case of Wm. Ryan, charged will shooting John Collins, a nolle prosequi was entered, it appearing to the Court that Collins had gone beyond the confines of the Confederate States.