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The Daily Dispatch: May 25, 1864., [Electronic resource], Promoted. (search)
Unfounded charge. --A man named John C. Davis was yesterday arrested on the charge of stealing a pig from Patrick Burke. Some two weeks since Burke had a pig to stray off from his promises and heard nothing from it till a few days since, when his wife, happening to be out on the street, discovered the lost animal in the possBurke had a pig to stray off from his promises and heard nothing from it till a few days since, when his wife, happening to be out on the street, discovered the lost animal in the possession of a negro man, who, upon being asked where he got it from, told her that he bought it from Davis. Burke, on learning these facts, called upon the accused and heard from his own mouth that he had sold the pig to the negro, but claimed it as one which he had raised himself. Yesterday morning the matter was before the Mayor;Burke, on learning these facts, called upon the accused and heard from his own mouth that he had sold the pig to the negro, but claimed it as one which he had raised himself. Yesterday morning the matter was before the Mayor; but after hearing the evidence Davis was promptly discharged, there being no grounds to prove that the pig which had been sold to the negro was not his property.