Mayor's Court.
--Nothing of material interest transpired at this Court yesterday morning.
The following is a summary of the proceedings:
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Ann Kennan, charged with drunkenness, disturbing the neighborhood in which she lives, and breaking the
window glass in John McDonald's house, was, after a short examination, instructed to go home, and a subpoena issued for the appearance of her husband this morning to answer the offence.
Owing to the absence of material witnesses, the charge which has been pending for sometime against William, slave of
Ambrose Carlton, implicating him with the recent robbery of
Jas J
Campbell &
Brother's store, was postponed to an indefinite time.
Lewis, slave of
Lewis Frayser, was charged with cutting the throat of a hog, the property of Margaret, slave of
Travis Lassiter.
A witness saw
Lewis attempt two or three times to drive the hog off the lot, designing, no doubt, to steal her; but failing to accomplish his object, he seized on to her and plunged a long shoemaker's knife into her throat.
The hog had a litter of pigs only a few days old, which, by the loss of their mother, will probably be lost.
Lewis was ordered to be whipped to the extent of the law.
Washington, slave of
John Williamson, was ordered thirty lashes for stealing nine pounds of fresh butter, belonging to
Mrs Sarah E
Hatcher, of
Goochland.
The butter had been sent by a servant to the
Second Market for sale, and was stolen from his cart while the servant was waiting on customers.
A fine was imposed upon
Wm Lambert for driving a wagon over the sidewalk.
An unlawful assembly of nine negroes, found in the kitchen of John R
Tucker, on Thursday night, were punished with a limited number of stripes.
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