The Daily Dispatch: April 20, 1864., [Electronic resource], Receiving stolen goods.

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Receiving stolen goods.

--Some weeks ago a free negro named Charles Pryor, an employee at the Jackson Hospital, was arrested for stealing sixty blankets from the hospital. The negro has recently confessed the theft, and said he sold the blankets to one John Collins, who lives in a cabin on 7th street, near Broad. Officer Perrion, on Monday, in company with a ward master from the hospital, went to Collins's to search for the stolen articles. Collins declared that nothing of the kind was in his house; but on search the officer found one blanket and one coverlet with the hospital mark upon them. Collins then confessed that he had bought them from the negro above mentioned. The case was examined by the Major on yesterday, who sent Collins on for larceny. The Hustings Court should put it to such fellows as this. If there were not so many white receivers of stolen goods there would be fewer negro thieves.

The Daily Dispatch: April 20, 1864. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. April 20, 1864. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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