The Daily Dispatch: May 19, 1864., [Electronic resource]

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Mayor's Court, yesterday.

--Henry Townsend, a seaman on board of C. S. gunboat Beaufort was charged with breaking open the house of Mary Smith, living in Rocketts. The complainant testified that Townsend came to her house on Tuesday night and demanded admittance. Upon refusal to let him in he commenced kicking at the door and finally broke it down; after which he entered the house, broke up some crockery, and threatened to take Mary's life. For this conduct His Honor sent the prisoner to the chain gang for ninety days.

A charge was preferred against Mary Ankers, of threatening to strike Burton, a little son of Mrs. Mary Shaw. Several witnesses were examined, whose evidence showed that both parties were at fault, and that at best it was one of those trivial matters which should be kept from the Courts, and ought to be settled by the parties interested themselves. Taking this view of the case the Mayor promptly dismissed the parties.

Mary and Hannah, slaves, were whipped for stealing a lot of thread from one of the variety stands at the Second Market.

Henry, slave of William S. Taylor, charged with stealing a small lot of bread, meat and sugar from the Spotswood Hotel, and with being impudent to the officer who arrested him, was ordered to be soundly thrashed.