Mayor's Court.
--There were almost as many rough-looking prisoners in this court yesterday morning as there used to be in the old garroting times of sixty-two.
The attendance of Mayor's-Court lawyers was also large.
We mention the most interesting cases:
Tazewell, slave of
Gideon Garber, was charged with stealing sixty-six grain bags from the
Confederate States; and
Robert Collins,
Thomas Collins, and
Richard Dungie, were charged with receiving the said bags.
Watchman
Lucas said he arrested the negroes on Cary street, on Saturday night, with the bags.
Tazewell was with them, but had no bags.
The negroes with the bags said they had bought them from
Tazewell.
From the testimony of other witnesses, it appeared that
Tazewell belonged to
Mr. Garber, in this city; that the other negroes were marketmen, of good character, who had come to the city on Saturday morning. Three negro witnesses proved that
Tazewell had sold the others the bags at three dollars apiece.
Tazewell was ordered thirty-nine, the rest ten lashes apiece, for trading with a slave.
Chastain Hampton, a deserter, was sent to the
provost-marshal.
Ned, slave of
Thomas Miflin Ladd, and
Thomas, slave of
C. J. Paleske, were charged with stealing three bushels of corn and three of wheat from some person unknown; and
Mrs. Louisa Horseapple was charged with receiving the same.
It was proved that the negroes were seen to carry the grain into
Mrs. Horseapple's store, near the
Second Market, from
Mr. Paleske's wagon.
Watchman Froner and
officers Jenkins and
Kelley went in and brought the corn out.
Mrs. Horseapple at first said there was no corn there; but, on its being found, said a man had asked permission to leave it there for a short time.
The corn appeared, by comparing it with samples, to have been stolen from
Mr. Paleske.--The negroes were ordered to be whipped.
Mrs. Horseapple, who was a young and good-looking German woman, whose husband was stated to be "in
Europe," was held to bail for her appearance before the
Mayor this morning.
Franklin Jones, Tenth Virginia battalion, was sent on to the Hustings Court for breaking into the house of
Anne Thomas, on Cary street, and stealing from
Harry Dilkes, of the
Caskie Rangers, his clothing (greatcoat and boots included), his gold watch and chain, and about $900 in money.
While Dilkes was asleep in a room in
Anne Thomas's, the window of the room was cut through and a clean sweep of his clothing and effects made.
All the stolen property, even unto the boots, were found upon
Jones when arrested two days afterwards on the
Central train.
Joseph Johnson and
Barney O'Neil were charged with garroting
John Stokes and robbing him of eighty-two dollars, a neck handkerchief and a hat.
Stokes, a paroled prisoner, a soldier of a Louisiana regiment, gave a clear account of his robbery.
He stated that, last Monday night, he went to the
Louisiana Wayside Home, and there he met with the prisoners, who took him down to a bar-room near the market.
Johnson wanted him to play cards; but, on his declining, knocked him under a
bagatelle table.
He got up and went out, and prisoners followed him.
O'Neil took hold of his arm, and
Johnson and another came up behind him.
Johnson put his arm round his neck and bent him back and took his money out of his pocket.
The other man took his hat off his head and his handkerchief off his neck.
The other man asked, "Has he got any boots on"?
Johnson replied, "No, the d — d son of a — ain't got any boots." The thieves then ran off and left him.
Jeremiah Toomey testified that, on the night of the alleged robbery,
Stokes and the prisoners were in his tavern.
They got into a row about a game of cards, and he put them out. Soon after,
Stokes came back, saying the prisoners had robbed him.
Detective
Bray stated, that when he arrested
Johnson he had in his pocket bogus detective papers.
The prisoners were sent on to the Hustings Court.
Mr. Toomey was fined thirty dollars for selling liquor without a license.
A soldier, named
Conners, came forward and said, that when
Johnson was brought out of Castle Thunder he had stolen his coat.
Got permission to follow him up here, and found the coat on
Johnson.
