The Daily Dispatch: March 29, 1865., [Electronic resource]

Mayor's Court.

‘ Arthur Ferguson, a free negro, charged with being drunk and disorderly in the street and assaulting William R. Chalkley, and stoning his house, was ordered to be whipped.

’ Zeph. Ford, a youth of genteel appearance, whose case, on the charge of stealing fourteen pounds of powder from some person unknown, has been on the docket for some days, was taken up yesterday and disposed of. Not a particle of evidence was adduced against the accused, and he was thereupon discharged.

The case of Maria, slave of Lee Binford, charged with stealing a lot of molasses, fish, flour, preserves, lard and salt, valued at two thousand dollars, stolen from Thomas G. Turner, was continued. The goods were delivered to Mr. Turner, his claim to the same being fully established.

Noble, slave of Angelina Lawson, was charged with breaking into the house of Angelina Lawson and stealing therefrom one thousand dollars' worth of ladies' wearing apparel; but the evidence being incomplete, the accused was remanded for a further hearing.

Patrick H. Ryan was held to security in the sum of three hundred dollars on the charge of shooting at, with intent to kill; Ellen Ryan.

Twenty dollars' fine was imposed upon. George Bennett for trading with a slave of General Richardson without the written consent of the owner.

Minor negro cases concluded the proceedings of the court.