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The Daily Dispatch: April 25, 1864., [Electronic resource] | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Mayor's Court.
--Except the case mentioned elsewhere, the Mayor's Court presented no case of interest on Saturday.
We mention them, such as they were:
Steven Hawley, charged with stealing horses from Wm. S. Munson, was, after examination, remanded to the custody of the military authorities, by whom he is held as a deserter.
There was no evidence against him. Some low characters were brought into Court, who it was believed would criminate him; but they knew nothing in the world against him, or, if they did, they managed with admirable skill to keep it to themselves.
Solomon, slave of John Sledd, and John Whitlock, a free negro, were charged with stealing a box of butter from Bartholomew Hill.
It appeared that Mr. Hill was a market man, and on Saturday morning, while Whitlock engaged him in conversation, Solomon caught up a small box of butter and ran off. Officer Griffin, who witnessed the whole affair, ran after Solomon and arrested him. The negroes were ordered to