The Daily Dispatch: April 20, 1864., [Electronic resource], A mistake.

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--Mrs. John B. Stanard, on Monday, sent a black silk dress to a mantua maker by a negro servant girl. As the girl was going down Main street she was met by a young woman named Mary McGee, who saw the dress and took it from her forcibly. Capt. Stanard, to whose wife the dress belonged, had McGee arrested for theft, and she was brought before the Mayor yesterday morning. The dress was in Court, and Capt. Stanard testified that it was the property of his wife. On the other hand, Mrs. McGee produced a witness to prove that the dress belonged to her, and had been stolen from her several weeks ago. The Mayor dismissed the case, giving the dress to Capt. Stanard, and telling Mrs. McGee that she could get a warrant and have the right of property tried by civil action. It seems clear that Mrs. McGee thought she had found her stolen dress, but was mistaken.

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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