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Police Court, Saturday.

--The case of William H. Branch, charged with assaulting Martin Arnold, was continued.--Silas, slave of John Thatcher, and William, slave of Mrs. Louisa Christian, for throwing rocks into the domicil of Mrs. Martha Cootes, were punished with stripes. --Louisa, a slave, for roving around without a pass, was ordered ten lashed. --Louisa L. Buchanan and Elizabeth Taylor, charged with creating a disturbance in the classic region of Rocketts, were sent to jail for the season.

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