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The Daily Dispatch: October 1, 1864., [Electronic resource], From the United States. (search)
Mayor's Court, Thursday. --James McGiffin, an old, gray-haired man, and his two sons, Stephen and Nicholas, were charted with stealing from their employer, Mr. N. Tinsley Pate, one canal boat, valued at $1,500, and a horse worth $750. The only witness examined was Mr. J. S. B. Tinsley, the manager of Mr. Pate's farm, at which the McGiffin were employed; and at the conclusion of his testimony the Mayor unhesitatingly dismissed the parties. Immediately thereafter, their counsel, Messrs. J. Leeds Carroll and Daniel Ratcliffe, demanded the warrant upon which their clients had been arrested, remarking that it would hereafter be seen whether felonious charges should be permitted to be made against respectable gentlemen with impunity. John, slave of Robert Lumpkin, and Mat, slave of George T. Ratcliffe, were charged with burglariously entering the dwelling-house of Mr. George Lee on the night of the 7th instant and stealing six thousand dollars' worth of wines, brandies, and other