Hustings Court.
--We omitted to state, in our notice of the trial of
John A. Worsham, for permitting a faro bank to be exhibited on his premises, that the jury stood eight for acquittal to four for conviction.
We append a summary of the deferred proceedings of the
Court on Saturday.
The indictments against twenty-nine citizens for issuing shinplasters, were taken up, and a summons was awarded against the defendant in each case, to answer the indictments, returnable to the next term.
Subsequently, twenty-five of the number appeared by
A. A. Morson, their attorney, and pleaded not guilty, and the
Attorney for the
Commonwealth joined issue on said pleas.
Robert B. Lyne and
R. S. Vest, indicted for issuing shinplasters, were called and failed to appear, and the
Court gave judgment for $10 fine and costs against each.
White and
Riley, presented for retailing ardent spirits in the theatre, appeared and entered a general demurrer to the presentment, and the
Attorney for the
Commonwealth joined therein.
Ann Winkers, indicted for retailing ardent spirits, failed to appear, and the
Court gave judgment for $60 fine and costs.
A
nolle prosequi was entered in the case of
Michael Flaherty, indicted for misdemeanor.
Clara Coleman, indicted for keeping an ill governed house, was admitted to bail in the sum of $100 for her appearance next term.
The following persons, indicted for misdemeanor, entered into recognizance in the sum attached to their names, for their appearance at the next term of the
Court: Cosamore Castiglioni, $500;
James Eddins, $100;
Dillon McCormack, $150;
J. B. Godsey and
A. A. Raine, for issuing shinplasters, $500;
Wm. Burns, for exhibiting faro, $3,000.
George R. Peake was fined $10 for permitting his slave to go at large.
The examination of
James Slater and
Francis Sheridan, for the murder of
Wm. Clark, was postponed to the next term of the
Court.
