Mayor's Court.
--The following cases were before the
Mayor on Saturday:
Richard L. Bohannon, a young man of this city, who is generally regarded as an imbecile, was charged with stealing, on the 10th of July, a pocket book containing divers papers of value; the property of
W. S. Botts.
The witness against him was
Mr. Botts himself, who testified that about five o'clock in the morning the accused entered the building in which he was employed and went into an adjoining room to the one in which he was, where he had placed his pocket book.
He heard him in the house, but thinking it was some one who had a right to be there, he did not think much of the matter.
In a short while afterwards, however,
Bohannon started down the steps on his way into the street, when he accosted him to know what he was doing in the house.
He seemed to be very simple in his manner, and scarcely made any answer.--This excited Mr. B.'s suspicions, and on going to see if anything had been stolen, he discovered that his pocket book was gone.
Subsequent facts proved that the prisoner was the guilty party.
The
Mayor remanded
Bohannon for examination before the Hustings Court.
The charge preferred against
W. F. Corkery, proprietor of the
Spotswood Hotel, of selling liquor at his bar by the drink, to be drank in his house, was again taken up. The party who was discovered drinking at the bar falling to appear as a witness.
His Honor dismissed the case, with the remark that the grand jury could take the matter in hand as well as if he himself had sent it on.
John, slave of
Wm. W. James, charged with being a runaway, and having one shoat in his possession, supposed to have been stolen, was committed to jail.
John was sitting on the platform of one of the cars of the York river railroad while the cars were in motion, with a basket containing a shoat, on Friday last.
When within a few miles of this city, he was asked by an officer of the road, to whom he belonged — whereupon he replied that his master was inside the car. Doubting the truthfulness of his assertion he was directed to accompany the railroad man to the place where his owner was; but instead of finding him the negro, after going through two or three coaches, suddenly jumped off the train, and before it could be stopped the fellow had gained considerable headway.
He was finally captured, however, snugly ensconced behind some breastworks which had recently been put up by the
Yankees, about three miles from the place where he sprang from the train.
Jordan, slave of
Haxall,
Crenshaw & Co., charged with having a lot of meal, supposed to have been stolen, was ordered to be whipped.
