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Mayor's Court, Wednesday.

--In this Court, yesterday, the following business was transacted:

R. C. Phelps and R. W. Smoot, alias Geo. Rigley, charged with stealing a horse from some unknown person, were sent to the Hustings Court. The accused were sent to jail.

The case of John Green, charged with feloniously shooting William Jenkins, was continued till the 9th of February.

Joseph McBride, Stephen B. Hawley, and Richard Anderson, were each bound over in the sum of $150 for riotous conduct.

Ben, slave of Mary Malley, was ordered twenty-five lashes for smoking in the street.

D. Bachagaluppo was fined $5 for selling liquor without a license.

The case of John Hagan, charged with extortion, again came up, and was argued at length by his counsel, Judge Caskie. The accused was finally sent on to the Hustings Court to answer the charge, and bailed in the sum of $1,000.

Hiram J. Wynn, charged with the murder of Daniel McKay, was sent on to the Hustings Court.

Nicholas Kesley, for being drunk and disorderly, received a lecture and was discharged.

Andrew, slave of M. A. McGee, was ordered fifteen lashes for stealing a coat from Noah Walker.

John Hall and William Jones were bound over in the sum of $150 for fighting in Metropolitan Hall.

William Johnson, charged with breaking the glass of John A. Belvin's hack, gave security for his future good behavior.

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