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The Daily Dispatch: November 5, 1862., [Electronic resource], A Sad result. (search)
ion, for which he could not account, was whipped. The fluid was ordered to be confiscated, but to whose use the reporter did not learn. Richard, slave of Joseph Hierholzer, arrested as a runaway, exhibited to the Court a pass signed by Robert W. Oliver. Defendant committed till tomorrow morning, and Mr. Oliver ordered to be summoned to attend his examination. James McCabe, alias Johnson, arrested as an accomplice of Duff and Broderick, in the murder of Kelley and Downes, was acquitteMr. Oliver ordered to be summoned to attend his examination. James McCabe, alias Johnson, arrested as an accomplice of Duff and Broderick, in the murder of Kelley and Downes, was acquitted, and committed to jail in default of $500 security for his good behavior. Johnson was drummer at the Newport Barracks, Ky., but left there in 1861, and joined our army. For several months past he had been doing nothing. John Rommell was fined for allowing a nuisance to exist on his lot in Pink Alley, near the 2d market house. Charles, slave of Adams & Robinson, was brought up for having a bundle of clothes in his possession, supposed to have been stolen. He proved his honesty by a
The Daily Dispatch: December 30, 1864., [Electronic resource], The inaugural of the Governor of South Carolina. (search)
Robbery. --On Wednesday night the residence of Mr. Robert W. Oliver, on Clay street, near Brook avenue, was broken into and his store-room robbed of six hundred pounds of pickled beef, one barrel of flour, a turkey, and several other articles of family groceries, amounting in the aggregate to about four thousand dollars worth. Officer Jenkins succeeded yesterday in finding some of the stolen articles at the house of a free negro on Stephens street; but the occupants were not present, and it is uncertain whether the offender will be brought to justice.
The Daily Dispatch: December 30, 1864., [Electronic resource], The evacuation of Savannah. (search)
Police Arrests. --The following cases were booked at the police stations yesterday: Washington, slave of Littleton Bowles, charged with burglariously entering the store-room of R. W. Oliver and stealing one barrel of beef, one turkey and sundry other articles. Catherine, slave of Ann Anderson, arrested for receiving the same, knowing they were stolen. Frederick S. Britton, white, charged with picking the pocket of Charles Powell of one gold watch, valued at one thousand dollars. The robbery was perpetrated at a drinking-house near the Second Market. Powell was asleep at the time, and while in this state he was filched of his watch. William Meekings, free negro, charged with stealing twenty-one dollars and fifty cents in gold and silver coin, and two hundred dollars in Confederate States notes, the property of Emanuel Meekings.--Martha Page, also free, charged with feloniously receiving the same, knowing it to have been stolen.
The Daily Dispatch: January 10, 1865., [Electronic resource], From Wilmington. (search)
ed. Sally, slave of Charles Y. Morriss, and Ellen, slave of Ferdinand Blackford, were each ordered to be whipped for stealing money and wearing apparel from Sally Brockmore. Reuben Manheim, alias Reuben Morris, charged with obtaining, under false pretences, a piece of cloth, valued at one thousand eight hundred dollars, the property of Samuel M. Price, was remanded for trial before Judge Lyons. Washington, slave of Lyttleton Bowles, charged with breaking into the house of Robert W. Oliver and stealing a lot of corned beef and a turkey, was ordered to receive thirty-nine lashes. Catherine, wife of Washington, charged with receiving the same, knowing them to have been stolen, was discharged upon the payment of costs of prosecution. Amanda, slave of William Forbes, and John, slave of Frank Allen, charged with breaking into the dwelling-house of Samuel W. Allen with intent to commit a larceny were each ordered to receive thirty-nine lashes on their bare backs. One