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The Daily Dispatch: April 20, 1863., [Electronic resource], Correspondence between Earl Russell and Minister Adams. (search)
ry of which we subjoin: Richard Copeland, indicted for misdemeanor in exhibiting the game of faro, was called for trial, and not responding, his recognizance ($1,000) was declared forfeited. Ann Thomas was tried by jury for keeping an ill-governed and disorderly house, and fined $50. --The Court sent her to jail for three months. Mary Vanderlip was tried for committing perjury, found guilty, fined $5, and sent to jail for one year. William Sullivan, charged with breaking into John C. Shafer's tailor shop and stealing a large quantity of goods, was examined, and sent on for trial before Judge Lyons. Carter, slave of B A Cooke, was tried and found guilty of stealing sundry Confederate Treasury notes from Lawrence Burns, and ordered thirty nine lashes. An indictment against Mrs. Vanderlip, for discharging a loaded pistol at Owen Riley, in Broad street, was with the consent of the Court, dismissed by the prosecuting Attorney by the entry of a nolle prosequi.
The Daily Dispatch: May 16, 1863., [Electronic resource], The late victories — rumors. (search)
suspicious characters, were discharged. Lucy Morgan, arrested for beating her husband, was let off, the injured man not making his appearance as a witness. Julia, slave of Mrs. Sally Tally, was ordered 10 lashes for throwing dirty water on Wm. H. Hundly. Jim, slave of Mrs. Mander, was ordered ten lashes for obtaining a dollar from Bernard, a slave, by false pretences. Charles J. Huntington was required to give security for assaulting Thos. F. Wood at the Ballard House. The security was readily given. Wm. Daniel, white, for violently assaulting Polly, slave of Mrs. Bropley, was required to give security, and did it. Ludwig & Hoyer, Luther P. Crow, Lawrence Burns, W. N. Tinsley, and Henry Bowen, were fined for permitting nuisances to exist near their lots. Nicholas Carroll and Dan Sullivan were fined for selling ardent spirits without a license. Frances Kelly, charged with engaging in a riot, gave bail in $300 to appear on the 18th for examination.
The Daily Dispatch: August 26, 1863., [Electronic resource], Charged with Assault. (search)
Charged with Assault. --Wm. Peasley and Wm. Jones appeared before the Mayor yesterday to answer the charge of assaulting Lawrence Burns, keeper of a drinking saloon on Broad, near 9th street. The witnesses examined testified positively that neither of the accused had struck Burns; that Burns and a soldier were in a fight, thBurns; that Burns and a soldier were in a fight, the former being badly beaten; Jones and Peasley were in the neighborhood and observed the encounter at a distance, but did not seem interested enough to approach the scene of conflict. The case was continued, that a witness for the complainant might be summoned to appear and testify. s; that Burns and a soldier were in a fight, the former being badly beaten; Jones and Peasley were in the neighborhood and observed the encounter at a distance, but did not seem interested enough to approach the scene of conflict. The case was continued, that a witness for the complainant might be summoned to appear and testify.
The Daily Dispatch: September 17, 1864., [Electronic resource], The cruise of the Tallahassee. (search)
ces, five cases, for selling liquor, was fined sixty dollars and costs in each case; William Singleton, three cases, was fined sixty dollars for each offence; Thomas Griffin, a free negro, was fined fifty dollars and costs for keeping a disorderly house on Vauxhall's island, where disreputable and loose characters are accustomed to assemble. Travis Flanagan, indicted in three cases for betting at fare, plead guilty in the first and was fined five hundred dollars; but the witnesses in the last two being unable to appear, be was discharged upon the payment of two hundred dollars. Robert Callivan and Charles Fitzpatrick, indicted in sixteen cases for selling liquor, were fined sixty dollars for each offence. James McGee, indicted in four cases for the same offence, was fined sixty dollars for each. Lawrence Burns, the keeper of a restaurant on Broad, between Eighth and Ninth streets, charged in nine cases with selling liquor, was fined sixty dollars for each violation.