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The Daily Dispatch: September 22, 1862., [Electronic resource], The latest dispatches. (search)
Stabbing affair.
--Pearce Nowland was arrested on Saturday, by the city police, and put in the cage, for feloniously stabbing and cutting John Booth, near the city jail.
The row had its foundation in the absorption by the defendant of a quantity of indifferent liquor.
The Daily Dispatch: September 23, 1862., [Electronic resource], A touching incident. (search)
Proceedings in the Courts. Mayor's Court, Sept. 25th, 1862.
--Pierce Nowland, charged with stabbing John Booth, was examined this morning.
These two men when returning from market, met a man with a canteen of whiskey, which they drank.--Going down Jail alley they got into a playful tussle, (according to Booth's account,) and getting apart again, Nowland pulled out a knife and stabbed Booth.
Several witnesses testified that Booth was choking Nowland, when they saw them, and the latteBooth.
Several witnesses testified that Booth was choking Nowland, when they saw them, and the latter afterward stabbed him, exclaiming: "Jack I'm going to kill you." Nowland was remanded for examination before the Hustings Court, on the 30th inst., and in the meantime security is required for his good behavior.
John Logan, a free boy, for stBooth was choking Nowland, when they saw them, and the latter afterward stabbed him, exclaiming: "Jack I'm going to kill you." Nowland was remanded for examination before the Hustings Court, on the 30th inst., and in the meantime security is required for his good behavior.
John Logan, a free boy, for stealing $40 worth of bed-clothes and dresses from Harman Chandler and Mrs. Paine, was ordered thirty-nine lashes, and was retained to answer an indictment for remaining in the Commonwealth contrary to law.
Joe, slave of Rev. Goe.
Woodbridge, wa