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The Daily Dispatch: February 15, 1864., [Electronic resource], Death of a Confederate Minister. (search)
ed against Benjamin Delorme, the jury brought in a verdict of guilty, when the prisoner was sentenced to confinement for six months in the city jail, and that he be employed for eight hours of each day in the chain gang. On motion of the Commonwealth's Attorney a nolle prosequi was entered in the case of Walter Tate, charged with being concerned in the lottery business. Augustus Rupert, indicted for larceny, was examined and discharged. No indictments were returned against Belia McCarthy, James Hampton, John Hogan, and William O'Brien, and they were discharged. A license was granted Miles T. Phillips to keep an ordinary on corner of 12th and Cary streets. James Denay, indicted for unlawfully resisting the police in the discharge of their duty, was examined, found guilty, and his punishment assessed at twelve months in the city jail, and to pay a fine of $300 and costs of prosecution. At the expiration of his term of confinement, if the said fine and costs of p
The Daily Dispatch: April 14, 1864., [Electronic resource], Notice. (search)
Mayor's Court. --Waiter, a negro boy 14 years old, was charged with steeling baggage from the Spotswood Hotel. The watchman at the hotel said he had caught the negro late Tuesday night carrying off a trunk from the baggage room of the hotel. He was committed to jail and ordered to be whipped. Wm. Leber was charged with stealing two horses from Wm. S. Munson. In the absence of witnesses the case was continued. Belia McCarthy was charged with stealing a figured silk dress from Belle Harris, a free negro. It appears that all the witnesses had gone off to the Yankees. The case was dismissed. The case of Eliza Liggon, charged with stabbing Albertine Cephus, was continued till Friday. Robert Spriggs, a free negro, was ordered 25 lashes for stealing a thousand dollars' worth of paper from the Confederate States. His counsel took an appeal to the Hustings Court. Grandison, slave of Thos. Bass, but hired by Benjamin F. Berry, was ordered to be whipped for re
The Daily Dispatch: October 12, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 10 (search)
Charged with stealing. --Ellen Whalen and Belia McCarthy, women of no very enviable reputation, were arrested yesterday afternoon on the charge of stealing a pocket book containing one hundred and sixty dollars, the property of Michael M. Hernsworth. The accused will have a hearing before the Mayor this morning.
The Daily Dispatch: October 13, 1864., [Electronic resource], Mayor's Court. (search)
p the peace for twelve months. A charge was preferred against Mary Rowe of using abusive and insulting language towards Margaret Carroll; but the complainant failing to appear, the case was dismissed. Jane Devlin was fined for refusing to remove her stand from the Second Market when ordered by the clerk to do so. Mary Lazaroni was charged with allowing a vicious dog, belonging to her, to go at large. The savage character of the dog was fully proven; whereupon the Mayor sent word to Mrs. Lazaroni, by one of his officers, that if the animal was not removed beyond the limits of the corporation in twenty-four hours he should be killed. Belia McCarthy and Ellen Whalen, charged with stealing a pocket-book, containing one hundred and sixty dollars, from Michael M.Hernsworth, were committed for a hearing this morning. The charge of cutting and stabbing Henry, a slave, which has been pending for some days against Calvin Henry, was further continued till this morning.
The Daily Dispatch: October 15, 1864., [Electronic resource], Mayor's Court. (search)
00 in Confederate money from her master. Mr. Bear, upon missing his money on Monday last, traced the robbery to Lizzie; and when he accosted her about it, she owned up to her guilt. A part of the money she accounted for and restored it to him, but the larger portion of it is still unrecovered; and, in order to prosecute further inquiries, the case was continued. James Donnan, charged with drunkenness and lying in the market, was discharged with an admonition. The case against Belia McCarthy and Ellen Whalen, charged with stealing a pocket-book, containing $160, from Michael M. Hernsworth, was further continued. So was that against Calvin Henry, charged with cutting and stabbing a slave named Henry. A negro man, named Arthur, slave to John T. Newman, near Petersburg, was committed as a runaway. When arrested, on Thursday night, by Captain Charles, of the detective corps, Arthur had buckled around his waist a very fine revolving pistol, with all the accoutrements belon
The Daily Dispatch: December 27, 1865., [Electronic resource], Beating a Woman. (search)
Beating a Woman. --James Elmore was arraigned before the Mayor yesterday for being drunk, disorderly, resisting arrest, and beating Mrs. Belia McCarthy. Mrs. Frances McGee and a policeman testified to the facts, which proved great cruelty on the part of Elmore: and Mrs. McGee also stated that she "wanted that Elmore and her sister, Mrs. McCarthy, should be separated." The Mayor said he had no authority to separate man and wife, and required security in the sum of five hundred dollars to kore was arraigned before the Mayor yesterday for being drunk, disorderly, resisting arrest, and beating Mrs. Belia McCarthy. Mrs. Frances McGee and a policeman testified to the facts, which proved great cruelty on the part of Elmore: and Mrs. McGee also stated that she "wanted that Elmore and her sister, Mrs. McCarthy, should be separated." The Mayor said he had no authority to separate man and wife, and required security in the sum of five hundred dollars to keep the peace for twelve months.