Mayor's Court.
--On Saturday the following cases were brought before the
Mayor:
The case against Charles leaves and
Richard Barry, charged with garroting and robbing
Augustus Haxall, a few evenings since, was again postponed till this morning.
Heary, Tom, and
Patrick, negro shoemakers, charged with assaulting and robbing
Benjamin Franklin Grant, a soldier, of an overcoat, breastpin, and twenty dollars in money, were again arraigned before the
Mayor; but the testimony of witnesses falling to establish the guilt of the accused, they were discharged.
The charged preferred against
James Doyle, of stealing a trunk, four dress patterns, one pair of pants, one vest, and one pistol, valued at $1,500, from
Samuel H. Hunt, will be disposed of this morning.
Doyle is a Yankee deserter, and it is stated has already served out one term in the penitentiary.
Two brothers, named Charles and
Nathaniel Bates, were arrested on Friday afternoon, the first for stealing a ham of bacon, and the second for attempting to prevent his brother's arrest.
The evidence left no doubt that one of the brothers was walking off with the bacon without paying for it; but as the accused attributed their conduct to the amount of bad liquor which they had in them, and plead so hard their innocence of any intent to commit a crime either in taking the bacon or interfering with the policeman in the official discharge of his duty, the
Mayor decided to inflict no other punishment than to turn them over to the
Provost-Marshal, to be forwarded to their regiment.
The charge against
Jeremiah Donohoe, of turning Timothy Lane out of his house and nailing up the door, was, after an examination of witnesses, dismissed.
George Hirsh and
Levi Bendick, charged with buying bacon in the
First Market to sell again, contrary to a city ordinance, was fined $20 by the
Mayor.
Slight fines were imposed upon
Archer Wilkinson,
Joseph Anderson, and
Martha Bates, for offences committed by their sons in throwing stones in the streets.
Isaac Freman, a negro charged with taking down a grate, which he claimed as his property, from a house belonging to
Daniel Hunt, was ordered to be whipped.
Levi Hendick was held to security to keep the peace for twelve months, on complaint of Martin Broach, charging Bendick with committing an assault upon him.
