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The Daily Dispatch: November 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ranaway.--ten dollars reward. (search)
army, was arrested at an early hour by officer Seal, on a charge of obtaining by false pretences, a buggy, saddle and bridle, and $497 in bank notes, from King & Lambeth, a manufacturing firm of this city. From the testimony given in court, it appears that the accused went to King & Lambeth's establishment on Tuesday evening, abo the amount. The purchase was therefore concluded, and the buggy, &c., were sent to a place designated by the "Colonel." Soon afterwards, however, Messrs. King & Lambeth, having thought the matter over, became suspicious of something wrong, and went to the Adjutant General office to make inquiries, when it turned out that there waer was signed "Wm. N. Miller," and the duplicate "Wm. N. Walker," a fact which was not discovered at the time of the transaction. The document received by King & Lambeth was not the paper drawn up in Colonel Smith's office, for had either himself or his clerk ever seen to before. He judged at the time that Miller was a Lieutenant
The Daily Dispatch: November 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], Horace Maynard and Andrew Johnson. (search)
The Bogus Colonel. --No further proceedings have yet taken place in the case of "Colonel" William N. Miller, charged with obtaining goods and money from King & Lambeth by false pretences. Another person is under arrest for complicity in the transaction, and some further interesting facts may yet be elicited. We learn that a financial firm in this city lately paid Miller $500, under circumstances similar to those developed in the affair of King & Lambeth. The Bogus Colonel. --No further proceedings have yet taken place in the case of "Colonel" William N. Miller, charged with obtaining goods and money from King & Lambeth by false pretences. Another person is under arrest for complicity in the transaction, and some further interesting facts may yet be elicited. We learn that a financial firm in this city lately paid Miller $500, under circumstances similar to those developed in the affair of King & Lambeth.
The Daily Dispatch: November 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], Eight Months' campaigning and the result. (search)
False pretences. --The case of "Col." Wm N. Muler, charged with obtaining a buggy, a addle, and a sum of money from King & Lambeth, by false pretences, was further investigated by the Mayor yesterday. A young Lieutenant, named Frank Tormey, was also arraigned for complicity in the affair. Col Smith, of the Quartermaster's Department, mentioned Tormey as the person who introduced "Col Miller" to him, when the latter made an application for his pay. C. W. Pursell, exchange broker, produced a pay account which he received from a person who represented himself to be Col. Miller, but he could not say whether the prisoner was or was not the man. He (Mr. Purcell) told him that if he could get Col Smith's endorsement he would cash the account. Whereupon he went away and returned in about an hour, saying that Col. Smith declined to make the endorsement on the back of the paper, but presented a certificate from that officer, as follows: "Pay of Col. Miller for August, September, and Oc
The Daily Dispatch: November 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], Continued. (search)
Continued. --The case of William N. Miller, charged with obtaining goods and money from King & Lambeth, by false pretences, and that of Frank Torney, arrested for complicity in the affair, have been further continued by the Mayor to Tuesday.
The Daily Dispatch: November 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], From the Peninsula. (search)
Mayor's Court. --The case of Wm. N. Miller, charged with obtaining goods and money from King & Lambeth, and that of Frank Tormey, for conspiring with Miller, were to have been further investigated yesterday, but, owing to the sickness of counsel, a postponement to Thursday was ordered. Louisa Sunderland was up for stealing a quantity of bed clothing from Jos. H. Crenshaw, but the case was continued until to-morrow. John Franco, arrested for breaking down a plank partition which separated his apartment from that of Mary Wiley, was discharged from custody, after a long and patient investigation. Thos. Phillips and Dominic Francesco were fined for keeping their bar-rooms open on Sunday. Similar charges against John Reinhart, and Charles J. Krause, and one against Dennis D. Sullivan, for keeping his bar-room open after 10 o'clock at night, were continued. A few cases of drunkenness were disposed of in the usual way.
The Daily Dispatch: November 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], (search)
Arrest. --A man named Wm. Brown was arrested yesterday by officer Seal, on a charge of conspiring with and aiding and abetting Wm. N. Miller in obtaining, by false pretences, a saddle, bridle, and buggy from King & Lambeth. The act imputed to Brown is that he filled up the pay roll which Miller used in his bargain with the above-named firm. It will be remembered that Frank Tormey was previously arrested on a similar charge. He yesterday produced testimony to show that his association with Miller was purely accidental; that be was not the person whom the latter designated as the " Surgeon of his regiment" on the evening of the purchase; that he belonged to a good family in Baltimore, and had sustained a good character for honor and honesty. It is possible that the preliminary examination of this singular case may be concluded on Saturday.
The Daily Dispatch: November 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], Continued cases. (search)
Continued cases. --The investigation of the following cases before the Mayor, have been continued to Saturday: William N. Miller, charged with obtaining goods and money from King & Lambeth, by false pretences; Michael McCarthy, charged with threatening to shoot Robert Olden and wife.
The Daily Dispatch: November 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Western Virginia. (search)
Mayor's Court. --Wm. Brown, arrested for aiding and abetting Wm. N. Miller in obtaining goods and money from King & Lambeth. by false pretences, was honorably discharged on Saturday. Michael McCarthy was acquitted of the charge of threatening to shoot Robert olden and wife. James Sullivan alias Michael Leary, charged with fighting in the street, was remanded for trial. Jerry Donahoe, included in the same warrant, was discharged. Barnett Loving, charged with assaulting Anthony Brady, was required to give surety for his good behavior. Maria, a slave, was ordered twenty-five lashes for assaulting a white person; and Washington, slave of David Baker, fifteen for stealing provisions from the Exchange Hotel. Some other trifling cases were disposed of.
The Daily Dispatch: November 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 19 (search)
e, Thos. H. Early; Albemarle, John L. Clarke, James W. Grant; Nelson, Samuel Robinson; Scottsville, H. H. Gary; Fluvanna, H. M. Linncy; Goochland, Thos. I. Bayton; Hanover, Davis P. Wills; Louise, James R. Waggoner; Orange, Henry M. Lattimore; Madison, James O. Moss; Piedmont;----Harrisonburg, Joseph H. Amiss; Elk Run and Graves Chapel, F. L. Way. Lynchburg District.--G. W. Langhorne P. E. Lynchburg Centenary, N. P. Mitchell; Court street, John E, Edwards col. Mission, to be supplied Lambeth; Fincastle, Jas. P. Garland; Bedford, Wm. G. Cross; Staunton, E. A. Gibbs; Campbell, T. A. Pearce; Appomattox, J. W. Blanco; Buckingham, Geo. F. Doggett; State River, W. H. Camper; Cumberland, Cyrus Doggett. Henry District--Thomas A. Ware, P. E.--Henry, Thos. H. Boggs; Pittsylvania, Jacob Shough; Patrick, L. H. Greyhill; Patrick Mission, John G. Bayley; Smith's River, Charles D. Bingley; Franklin, Robert A. Gregory; Alleghany, James Shelton. Randolph Macon District.--P. W. Archer,
The Daily Dispatch: December 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
Hustings Court. --The first felony case examined yesterday was that of Wm. N. Miller, who represented himself to be a Colonel in the Confederate army, and obtained by this and other false pretences, from King and Lambeth, a saddle and bridle and $497 in money, giving them in return a pay roll for money which was not due him by the Government. The Court heard the evidence and remanded the prisoner for final trial. James M. Elmore, and Tazewell Carr, charged with stealing a watch and chain from Wm. B. Lane, were examined and remanded for final trial. The Court allowed Wm. B. Lane the sum of fifty dollars for his attendance and his expenses in traveling back to his residence in Selma, Alabama. Josephine Anderson, a free negro, was tried for stealing a gold watch and chain from John Hardy, and acquitted. James Doran, charged with making a felonious assault upon George Webster, and robbing him of five dollars, was discharged on a nolle prosequi entered by the Commonw
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