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yesterday. --Fannie Taylor was sent to jail, for being drunk and disorderly in the streets. --Anne Kearns, charged with assault and battery, committed upon her lawful spouse, Michael Kearns, was discharged with a few admonitory remarks.--Samuel Schwartz, Charles Sauntry, Miles Talley, and Theodore Frick, were arraigned on the charge of fighting and using obscene language in the Second Market. Mr. Frick was discharged as entirely innocent. Talley was fined $5, for which he offered to give was fined $5, for which he offered to give a note payable in 60 days, declaring at the same time that he would never interpose in a fight again, even if he saw one man killing another. Schwartz and Sauntry will be before the Mayor again this morning, for a further hearing. --Stephen Hunter was fined $3 for driving his cart across the sidewalk of 8th street. --Patrick Brannon was ready with his witnesses, after three days efforts. He was required to give surety in $150 for his good behavior.
Stealing Fresh Meat. --On Friday night last the slaughter-house of Samuel Schwartz was entered and a large quantity of the choicest cuts were taken from several fine cattle which had been slaughtered and dressed ready for market on Saturday morning. The thief was evidently an epicure, as only the sirloins and favorite roasting parts of the animals were taken, while the rest was left untouched. On Saturday suspicion was thrown upon a man named John Werst, who was arrested and will have a hearing before the Mayor this morning.
Coming down. --For several days past Messrs. Wm. Wayne, Jr., and Samuel Schwartz, butchers in the Second Market, have been selling the finest beef exhibited for sixty and seventy-five cents per pound. In a few days all the butchers will be required to lower their prices, but the people will doubtless remember with among them have voluntarily reduced the price and those who have done so from compulsion.
Stealing a cow. --Two boys, named Jesse Heath and Theodorick Leach, were charged with stealing a cow from the yard of Mr. A. C. Moore, in Manchester, and offering her for sale. Samuel Schwartz, a butcher in the Second Market, identified the accused as the boys who brought the cow to him for sale, demanding as their price $500. Not knowing there was anything wrong about the matter, he offered them $400, but before closing the bargain an officer took them under arrest. The place from which the cow had been taken being beyond the jurisdiction of the Mayor, he directed that complaint should be made before a Magistrate of the county in which the theft had been committed, and the two boys were therefore placed in the hands of the constable of the town of Manchester.
ing to the head of the steps frightened them off, leaving behind their shoes, a bat, one musket, a sword, and a ladder outside. In a day or two afterwards the came three fellows were discovered in Mrs. H's neighborhood, were organized pursued and two of them captured, the third encamping. Thomas was fully identified an the one who was seen in company with the other two. James., slave of Charles Anderson, was ordered to be whipped for stealing a compel of pounds of trash mast from Samuel Schwartz, in the Second Market. The accused acknowledged the theft, but stated that he was impelled to it from hanger, and had first fried to bag something to out. --Two other negroes named Mary and Anne, slaves respectively of William Ratcliff and Albert Ball, were whipped for committing potty thefts. The charge preferred against Alfred Moss. of stealing sixteen dollars' worth of thread from the C. S. clothing store, was continued till this morning. This case was formerly before the Ma
Attempting to commit a larceny. --Baylor, slave of Samuel Worsham, charged with entering, by force and violence, the house of Samuel Schwartz, with intent to commit a larceny, was arrested yesterday afternoon and committed to the cage for safe keeping till this morning.