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. --Joseph Johnson, charged with the murder of Benjamin DcLorme at the house of Catherine Blankinship, a week or two since, was discharged.--Benjamin, slave of John H. Gentry, charged with robbing Mrs. Martha Meyer of a lot of ready-made clothing and several thousand dollars in gold, silver and jewelry, was sentenced to be hung on the 21st of October; the same negro was ordered to receive thirty-nine stripes, on the charge of stealing two trunks from Edward Lousford.--James, slave of Charles Talbott, and Sam, slave of William H. Lewis, were charged with entering by force the house of William H. Cox, and after examination of witnesses James was acquitted and Sam was ordered thirty-nine lashes. --William S. Isaacs, charged with stealing a horse belonging to the Confederate States, was sent on before Judge Lyons's court.--Mary, slave of John Brook, charged with stealing money and papers from Henry Klein, was discharged — after which the court adjourned till 11 o'clock this morning.
Important case. --The Hustings Court of Magistrates yesterday, before their adjournment, committed John Reece, a detective in the Chief of Police office, to jail, in default of thirty-seven thousand dollars security for his appearance to testify in certain cases for gambling and selling liquor in the city contrary to a State law prohibiting said practices. At a later hour, Reece sued out a release from prison under writ of habeas corpus before Judge Joynes, of Petersburg, now in this city; but that functionary, after a due consideration of the matter, refused to give any decision till this morning. [It will be recollected by our readers that, at the July term of Judge Lyons's Court, Reece testified before the Grand Jury in seventy-odd cases against different parties for gambling at faro and violating the liquor license law.]