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The Daily Dispatch: November 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the North. (search)
Court only allowed the writ of error asked for. The case has not been heard further by the Court. Hustings Court, Wednesday, Nov. 19. --Ira Parker was arraigned for stealing $208 in C S. notes from James M. Fuqua — a crime he committed after escaping from Castle Thunder, where he was put for desertion. The prisoner plead guilty, and the jury having ascertained the term of his imprisonment at three years in the penitentiary, sentence was passed in accordance with the finding. Meriwether Quarles was tried for stealing $150 in C. S. notes from John H. Scribner. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, with one year's confinement in the penitentiary; but in consequence of the previous good character of the prisoner recommended him as a fit subject for Executive clemency. A. Judson Crane appeared for the defendant. Thos. Kelley, jointly indicted with Jas. Gannon for stealing $200 and a silver watch from Capt. A. H. Franklin, of Miss., was tried, and the evidence being heard