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The Daily Dispatch: August 4, 1864., [Electronic resource], Mayor's Court. (search)
arrest, stated that he told him the fellow had used some insulting language towards his wife. The statement of a prisoner not being considered legal testimony, Craven was sent on for indictment by the grand jury of the Hustings Court. William Ferguson, a free negro, and Lewis, a slave, were charged with keeping ill governed snack-houses on 14th street, under the Exchange Hotel. Ferguson was notified to abate the nuisance by speedily closing the establishment, and Lewis, being a slave, acFerguson was notified to abate the nuisance by speedily closing the establishment, and Lewis, being a slave, acting in the capacity of superintendent for his hirer, was discharged, after being admonished to reform the character of the place over which he presides. William and Robert Lane, slaves of Wm. Walker's estate, charged with stealing $4,000 from the mall car of the Danville railroad, was sent to Manchester for examination, the offence having been committed beyond the limits of the city of Richmond. Minor Lewis, owner unknown, charged with stealing a pair of pants from George, slave of J.